| 释义 |
ineffectively, adv.|ɪnɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an ineffective manner; without effect or result; fruitlessly.
1655Jer. Taylor Unum Necess. vii. §5. 479 Still it contended, but ineffectively for the most part. 1675Art Contentm. viii. §3. 216 He..will be like Sestorius's soldier, who ineffectively tugg'd at the horses tail to get it off at once, when he that pull'd it hair by hair, quickly did it. 1881Stevenson Virg. Puerisque 163 A career..which was so fitfully pursued, and which is now so ineffectively to end. |