pointless
英 [ˈpɔɪntləs]
美 [ˈpɔɪntləs]
adj. 无意义的; 无目标的; 不值得做的
IELTS
Collins.1 / BNC.7557 / COCA.11452
牛津词典
adj.
- 无意义的;无目标的;不值得做的
having no purpose; not worth doing
- We searched until we knew it would be pointless to continue.
我们搜索又搜索,直到觉得继续下去也枉然时才罢手。
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 无益的;无意义的;无目的的
If you say that something is pointless, you are criticizing it because it has no sense or purpose.
- Violence is always pointless...
暴力总是毫无意义的。 - Without an audience the performance is pointless.
没有观众,表演就不成其为表演了。 - ...pointless arguments.
无益的争论
双语例句
- The programme was bitty and pointless.
这个计划东拼西凑,毫无意义。
- They made it perfectly clear that it was pointless to go on
他们非常明确地表示继续下去毫无意义。
- Violence is always pointless
暴力总是毫无意义的。
- Without an audience the performance is pointless.
没有观众,表演就不成其为表演了。
- It's pointless trying to keep your friendship secret& it's common knowledge already.
你们无须将友情保密&其实已尽人皆知。
- Since we can neither create nor destroy time, it's pointless to fight it.
1由于我们既不能创造也不能毁灭时间,所以与它做斗争是没有意义的。
- In such cases, my experience is that it's pointless arguing against this approach.
在这种情况下,我认为对于这种方法的讨论都是毫无意义的。
- Finally: NEVER use these tools t 'compare' yourself with others because that is self-defeating and pointless.
最后:绝对不要利用这些工具将自己和他人进行比较,这是自我挫败和毫无意义的。
- We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
我们不了解所有的情况,妄加推测是没有意义的。
- Even so, I still think you probably did right, in a pointless kind of way.
即便如此,我仍然认为你也许这么做是对的,尽管这毫无意义。
- You know this is pointless.
你知道那没什么意义。
- My job might seem pointless and stupid, but it's not.
我的工作似乎是无意义的,但是不是。
- I think that would be fairly pointless, but go ahead.
我想那是没有什么意义的,但你还是说吧。
- Well, then, it's pointless to continue, we'll stop!
那继续下去就毫无意义了,我们停止吧。
- Pointless struggle, can't bring you?, so can I give up.
无谓的挣扎,挽回不了你的?,所以我可不可以放弃。
- He asked them all kinds of pointless questions, stalling for time.
他向他们提了各种毫无意义的问题来拖延时间。
- It's pointless arguing with him.
和他争辩是白费口舌。
- Everything seems pointless and useless to me.
每件事对我而言好像无意义也无用处。
- His pointless questions irritated me.
他那无意义的质疑令我恼怒。
- Before you say all wars are pointless, which I totally agree, I want your opinion about them.
在你回答所有的战争都是无意义的之前,我完全同意这个说法,但是我想听听你们对它们的看法。
- I spent many pointless hours in that city.
在那个城市,我度过了许多无所事事的时光。
- She remained silent, it was pointless arguing with her father.
和父亲的争辩是毫无意义的,所以她始终保持沉默。
- At least all the pointless activity raises an interesting question: which company made itself look worse?
所有这些无意义的活动,至少提出了一个有意思的问题:是哪家公司让自己的形象变得更差了?
- Did I or did I not tell you it was pointless?
难道我没有告诉过你那是无意义的吗?
- It would be silly, pointless.
这是愚蠢无意义的行为。
- Thanks for being a part of my world, without you the world would just be dark and pointless.
作为一个世界的一部分,我不感谢你,世界也只是黑暗和没有意义的。
- Few think neuroscientific research is pointless just because we still know so little about the brain.
很少有人认为神经科学研究没有意义,这正是因为我们对于大脑所知甚少。
- Does that mean it's pointless to make a new year's resolution?
这意味着下定新年决意就没有意义了吗?我不这么看。
- It's pointless to worry about things you cannot change.
担心你所不能改变的事是没有意义的。
- It's pointless to tie me up. she's a fugitive.
把我绑起来是没有意义的,她是个逃犯。
英英释义
adj
- not having a point especially a sharp point
- my pencils are all pointless
Synonym: unpointed
- serving no useful purpose
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
Synonym: otiosepurposelesssenselesssuperfluouswasted