pointlessly

1. In the sample change_methods() decorator, some fixed methods are added and removed, fairly pointlessly.
   在changemethods（）decorator示例中，我们添加并删除了几个固定的方法，不过这是毫无意义的。
2. I tried, rather pointlessly, to change her mind.
   我试了，根本没用，不可能改变她的主意。
3. Using old-fashioned good storytelling," Red Cliff "restores credibility to the genre of Chinese historical epics that have often been tainted by pointlessly large-scaled and action-packed productions.
   使用传统的故事陈述方法，“赤壁”为那些规模庞大，动作火爆却常常无趣的中国大片恢复了公信力。
4. He had pointlessly hurt her.
   他毫无意义地伤害了她。
5. He spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery.
   他的一生都在做毫无意义的烦人的苦差事。
6. It is tempting to mock this as a pointlessly circular argument: more cannon fodder means more cannons, which means more need for cannon fodder.
   人们禁不住会嘲笑这种毫无意义的循环论证：炮弹更多就意味着大炮更多，进而意味着对炮弹的需求也就更高。
7. The rhetoric of Mr Abe and some of his nationalist allies has been pointlessly offensive to China – particularly in its refusal to recognise the crimes committed by the Japanese Imperial Army during the second world war.
   安倍晋三及其一些民族主义盟友的论调，特别是拒绝承认日本皇军在二战中犯下的罪恶，一直只是在毫无意义地激怒中国。
8. The debate about the future of China is in danger of becoming pointlessly polarised.
   有关中国未来的论战有日益两极分化的危险，这毫无意义。
9. Otherwise you simply free up time at work that you will then fritter away pointlessly.
   否则，你就干脆处理工作上的事情，然后你在上班时就可以漫无目的地消磨。
10. She looked at me and laughed pointlessly.
    她看看我，忽然莫名其妙地笑了起来。
11. Among the broken fragments of the last five minutes at table I remember the candles being lit again, pointlessly, and I was conscious of wanting to look squarely at every one, and yet to avoid all eyes.
    在餐桌上最后五分钟残存的印象中，我记得蜡烛又无缘无故地点着了，同时我意识到自己很想正眼看看大家，然而却又想避开大家的目光。
12. He argued pointlessly with his parents.
    他无谓地和父母争论。
13. But this is no abstruse and pointlessly exasperated research: design is dictated by contemporary needs.
    但是这并不玄奥白白气愤研究：设计是由当代的需要。
14. Refusing to carry out orders would not only be pointlessly quixotic, it would be downright stupid.
    拒绝服从命令不仅是毫无意义的唐吉诃德主义，而且愚蠢之极。
15. Even if I was inclined to hire a cleaner to wash pointlessly dirty dishes, the apparent job-creation is illusory.
    即便我有意雇用一个清洁工，来清洗那些脏得毫无意义的盘子，表面上创造的就业也是一个假象。

adv

1. in a pointless manner
   1. he spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery