| 单词 | futile |
| 释义 | futile (once / 586 pages) adj When something fails to deliver a useful result, you can call it futile. Hopefully all the time you're spending studying vocabulary won't turn out to be futile! Futile comes from the Latin futilis, which originally meant "leaky." Although we use futile to talk about more than buckets, the image of a leaky vessel is a good illustration of the adjective. Pouring water into a leaky bucket is futile. Your exercise program will be futile if you don't stop chowing down on chocolate. Futile is fancier than its synonym useless. Other synonyms are fruitless or vain. The i can be either short (FYOO-t'l) or long (FYOO-tile). WORD FAMILYfutile: futilely, futility+/futility: futilities USAGE EXAMPLESBoycotts are not just futile griping; they often work. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) No, something more personal and equally futile must be afoot. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) The plea was futile, and IS detonated the buildings and tombs. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj producing no result or effect a futile effort Syn ineffectual, otiose, unavailing useless having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully 2adj unproductive of success futile years after her artistic peak Syn bootless, fruitless, sleeveless, vain unproductive not producing or capable of producing |
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