meaninglessness
/ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs/ (ame, ipa)
meaninglessness — 名詞
1. the quality of lacking any understandable sense or message, so that something ca
無意義
缺乏可理解的含義或訊息
the quality of lacking any understandable sense or message, so that something cannot be interpreted or understood by the mind
The ancient symbols on the tablet had faded into complete meaninglessness over centuries.
石碑上的古老符號經過數百年後已褪色至完全的無意義。
collocation: complete meaninglessness
Elena stared at the garbled text and felt frustrated by its total meaninglessness.
Elena 盯著那篇亂碼的文字，對它的徹底無意義感到沮喪。
collocation: total meaninglessness (of text/speech)
Without the key to decode them, the messages remained pure meaninglessness.
沒有解讀的鑰匙，那些訊息就只是純粹的無意義。
Yumi found the poem beautiful despite its apparent meaninglessness on first reading.
Yumi 覺得這首詩很美，儘管初讀時它顯然毫無意義。
The toddler's string of sounds struck the visitors as meaninglessness, but her mother understood each one.
那幼兒發出的一串聲音在訪客聽來毫無意義，但她母親聽得懂每一個音。
- incomprehensibility
a more formal alternative that emphasises the inability to be understood rather than the lack of meaning itself
- nonsense
more concrete and everyday; often refers to spoken or written words that are clearly silly or false
- unintelligibility
focuses on the quality of being impossible to understand, often due to damage, noise, or poor quality
- meaningfulness
the quality of having clear, understandable meaning
- clarity
the quality of being easy to understand, especially of speech or writing
用法筆記
Unlike sense 2 (NO PURPOSE), this sense is about communication and understanding — a word, message, symbol, or sound that carries no recognizable meaning. Frequently used with words like 'complete,' 'total,' or 'pure.'
常見錯誤
2. the feeling or condition of having no importance, value, or purpose in life; a s
虛無
覺得生命缺乏價值或目的的空虛感
the feeling or condition of having no importance, value, or purpose in life; a sense that actions and efforts do not matter
After retiring, Kwame struggled with a deep sense of meaninglessness without his daily work routine.
退休後，Kwame 因為失去了日常工作的節奏而陷入深深的虛無感。
collocation: sense of meaninglessness
The philosopher argued that meaninglessness arises when people lose connection to their community.
那位哲學家主張，虛無感源於人們失去了與社群的連結。
Volunteering at the animal shelter helped Sofia push past her feeling of meaninglessness.
在動物收容所擔任志工幫助 Sofia 克服了心中的虛無感。
Arjun asked himself hard questions about the meaninglessness of chasing wealth alone.
Arjun 在漫長的旅程中不斷問自己關於追財逐富之虛無的難題。
The long winter months in the small town deepened everyone's sense of meaninglessness.
小鎮漫長的冬天加深了每個人心中的虛無感。
- pointlessness
stresses that an action has no goal worth achieving; more concrete than meaninglessness
- futility
emphasises that effort will produce no result, regardless of intention
- emptiness
focuses on the hollow emotional experience of lack, without the philosophical weight of meaninglessness
- purposelessness
a straightforward alternative that highlights the absence of a goal or direction
- meaningfulness
the quality of having purpose and significance in life or work
- significance
the quality of being important or having a noticeable effect
- purpose
the reason for which something is done or created; a sense of direction
用法筆記
This sense describes an emotional or philosophical condition, not a quality of language. Distinguish from sense 1 (NO MEANING), which relates to words, messages, or symbols. Often appears in the phrases 'sense of meaninglessness' and 'feeling of meaninglessness.'