unavailing
unavailing — 形容詞
- unavailingpositive
- more unavailingcomparative
- most unavailingsuperlative
1. Describes an effort, request, or action that is tried but changes nothing, howev
徒勞；無效
努力了卻沒有任何成果的
Describes an effort, request, or action that is tried but changes nothing, however hard people work at it.
Renata's repeated phone calls to the bank were unavailing, and nobody ever answered.
Renata 一再打電話給銀行都是徒勞，始終沒有人接聽。
collocation: efforts or calls were unavailing
Lakshmi's pleas to the town council were unavailing, and the old library closed anyway.
Lakshmi 向鎮議會的懇求徒勞無功，老圖書館還是關閉了。
formal register: plea or request proved unavailing
The firefighters' work was unavailing, and the wooden barn burned down by morning.
消防員的努力徒勞無功，木造穀倉到早上還是燒毀了。
Rachid shouted and waved his arms, but his efforts to stop the bus were unavailing.
Rachid 大喊並揮舞雙臂，但他想攔下公車的努力是徒勞的。
unavailing efforts + to-infinitive
Every protest Astrid made against the new school rule turned out to be unavailing.
Astrid 對學校新規定提出的每一次抗議，最後都是徒勞。
- prove unavailing
- unavailing efforts
- unavailing attempts
- unavailing pleas
- largely unavailing
- ultimately unavailing
- futile
more common; stresses that the effort was pointless from the start
- fruitless
stresses that a long search or effort produced nothing
- ineffective
broader and neutral; also used for tools, medicines, and methods
- vain
literary; often in the phrase 'in vain'
- successful
reaching the result that was wanted
- effective
producing the intended result
文法句型
prove unavailing
be unavailing against [obstacle]
unavailing efforts
用法筆記
Subject is usually an effort, plea, attempt, or protest rather than a person. Mostly found in formal writing and often follows 'prove' or 'be'.