| 释义 |
ˈserviceless, a.
[f. service n.1 + -less.]
†1. ? Without reward or pay (cf. service n.1 7).
14..Langland's P. Pl. B. (MS. O.) xv. 119 Many a prest..Schulden go synge seruyseles wiþ sire philip þe sparwe.
2. Of no service; without usefulness, useless.
1879Meredith Egoist II. 93 They [truisms] will not be serviceless in their admonitions to your understanding. 1906Hibbert Jrnl. Apr. 595 The intestine appendix..now is serviceless and a perpetual menace to health and life.
Hence ˈservicelessness.
1876Meredith Beauch. Career I. xv. 236 The elegant vessel..an image..of a beautiful servicelessness. |