unfruitfulness
unfruitfulness — 名詞
1. a formal word for a state in which an effort, place, or living thing produces no
無成果
沒有成果、收成或生育力的狀態
a formal word for a state in which an effort, place, or living thing produces no useful result, crop, or young
Months of talks ended in unfruitfulness, and both sides left disappointed.
數個月的談判最後成了徒勞，雙方都失望地離開了。
pattern: end in unfruitfulness
Years of salt water caused the unfruitfulness of the fields near the coast.
多年的海水倒灌，造成沿海田地無收成。
the unfruitfulness of + land
Layla wrote sadly about the unfruitfulness of years spent chasing revenge.
Layla 傷心地寫道，多年追逐復仇終究只是徒勞。
Farmers blamed polluted river water for the unfruitfulness of the hens.
農夫把那些母雞的不孕，歸咎於受污染的河水。
biological use: failure to produce young or eggs
The committee finally admitted the unfruitfulness of the search for cheap land.
委員會最後承認，尋找便宜土地這件事只是徒勞。
formal noun for a failed effort
- end in unfruitfulness
- the unfruitfulness of the land
- the unfruitfulness of the search
- years of unfruitfulness
- fruitlessness
more common when the focus is on wasted effort rather than land or fertility
- sterility
stronger and more specific for the inability to produce young or crops
- barrenness
more literary and often used for land or an emotionally empty situation
- unproductiveness
broader and more neutral, often used for work, systems, or output
- fruitfulness
the general opposite for land, efforts, and outcomes that produce good results
- fertility
the opposite specifically when the focus is on crops, animals, or reproduction
文法句型
the unfruitfulness of + noun
end in unfruitfulness
用法筆記
Usually appears in formal writing after 'the ... of' or in the pattern 'end in unfruitfulness'. It can describe failed efforts, barren land, or low fertility in plants and animals.