| 释义 |
unˈfruitfully, adv.
(un-1 11; cf. prec.)
c1450tr. De Imitatione i. x. 11 We speke muche of suche þinges as we loue or desire... But allas! ofte tymes veinly & unfruytfully. 1529Supplic. Hen. VIII (1871) 42 To lyue both wickedly towardes God, and also vnfrutefully towardes the worlde. 1583B. Melbancke Philotimus M j b, Senior Mondaldo which neuer mispent time vnfruitfully. 1654–66Earl of Orrery Parthen. (1676) 568 Civilities were not unfruitfully placed. 1833S. Hoole Discourses xiii. 171 We shall..praise him—not tremblingly and unfruitfully,..but joyfully and profitably. |