futility

IPA/fjuːˈtɪləti/
KK[fjutˈɪləti]IPA/fjuːˈtɪləti/

futility — 名詞

1. the condition of being useless because an action cannot bring the result you wan

1.名詞C1
釋義

徒勞

努力也改變不了結果的無用感

the condition of being useless because an action cannot bring the result you want.

例句

After three hours at the broken machine, Omar finally saw the futility of waiting.

Omar 對著那台壞掉的機器忙了三個鐘頭後，終於看出繼續等下去有多徒勞。

the futility of + -ing

Ritu laughed at the futility of sweeping leaves across the windy playground.

Ritu 笑說，在有風的操場上掃落葉實在很徒勞。

常見搭配
  • the futility of protest
  • the futility of waiting
  • sense of futility
  • recognize the futility
同義詞
  • pointlessness

    a broader everyday noun for something with no value or purpose

  • uselessness

    focuses more generally on not being helpful or effective

  • hopelessness

    focuses on the feeling that success is impossible, not the action itself

反義詞

文法句型

the futility of + noun/-ing

futility in + noun/-ing

用法筆記

Usually appears in phrases like the futility of ... or futility in .... It is common when a speaker judges that more effort cannot change the outcome.

常見錯誤

We discussed the futility to call again.
We discussed the futility of calling again.
after futility, English usually uses 'of' + noun or -ing, not 'to' + verb.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • sense of futility
  • exercise in futility

常用片語

  • see the futility of
  • an exercise in futility

介系詞搭配

  • futility of waiting
  • futility in arguing