unproductively
unproductively — 副詞
1. in a way that wastes time or effort and achieves little or nothing useful
徒勞地
以浪費時間或心力、產不出成果的方式
in a way that wastes time or effort and achieves little or nothing useful
Vinícius spent the whole afternoon unproductively, scrolling through his phone instead of studying.
Vinícius 整個下午都徒勞地滑手機，沒有去念書。
spend [time] unproductively — wasting a period of time
The committee argued unproductively for three hours and reached no clear decision.
委員會徒勞地爭論了三個小時，沒有做出任何明確的決定。
verb + unproductively paired with a no-result outcome clause
Élise worked unproductively all morning because the loud noise next door broke her concentration.
Élise 整個早上工作都毫無成效，因為隔壁的吵鬧聲打斷了她的專注。
The two teams emailed back and forth unproductively, never agreeing on a final budget.
兩個團隊來回寄了許多郵件卻徒勞無功，始終無法就最終預算達成共識。
Hours passed unproductively in the waiting room while Jabari stared out of the window.
時間就在候診室裡徒勞地流逝，Jabari 只是望著窗外。
subject is a time period: hours/days pass unproductively
- spend time unproductively
- work unproductively
- argue unproductively
- wait unproductively
- fruitlessly
stresses that real effort still brought no result; slightly more formal
- ineffectively
focuses on failing to achieve the intended effect, not on wasted time
- pointlessly
stresses there was no purpose at all, more about aim than output
- productively
in a way that produces useful results
- efficiently
with little waste of time or effort
文法句型
verb + unproductively
用法筆記
Most often modifies verbs of effort or time use — spend, work, argue, wait — and frequently sits next to a clause stating the lack of result, as in "...and achieved nothing".
常見錯誤
同根字
- unproductive形容詞C1
- productive形容詞B2
- productivity名詞B2
- production名詞B1
- produce動詞A2
常見搭配
常用片語
- spend an afternoon unproductively
- argue unproductively
- wait unproductively