uselessly
uselessly — 副詞
1. with no result, failing to do or produce what someone hoped for or needed
徒勞地
做了卻沒有效果、達不到目的的樣子
with no result, failing to do or produce what someone hoped for or needed
Samir tugged uselessly at the locked gate, but it would not move an inch.
Samir 徒勞地拉著上鎖的大門，但它一寸也沒移動。
verb + uselessly: an action that fails to achieve its goal
The broken fan spun uselessly in the corner while the room grew hotter.
壞掉的電風扇在角落無用地轉著，房間卻越來越熱。
describes a machine working but achieving nothing useful
Rescue boats searched uselessly for hours before the storm forced them back to shore.
救援船徒勞地搜尋了好幾個小時，暴風雨才迫使他們返回岸邊。
Roya waved uselessly at the bus as it pulled away from the stop.
Roya 徒勞地對著公車揮手，公車卻已經駛離站牌。
The old battery sat uselessly in the drawer because no charger would fit it.
那顆舊電池無用地擺在抽屜裡，因為沒有充電器能裝得上去。
- pointlessly
stresses there was no point in doing it at all
- fruitlessly
more formal; emphasises that effort led to no result
- vainly
literary; the attempt failed despite hope or effort
- usefully
in a way that helps or achieves something
- effectively
in a way that produces the intended result
用法筆記
Most often modifies a verb of effort or motion to stress that the action produced nothing. Also describes machines or objects that exist or move yet serve no purpose.