pointless

英 [ˈpɔɪntləs]

美 [ˈpɔɪntləs]

adj.  无意义的; 无目标的; 不值得做的

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.7557 / COCA.11452

牛津词典

adj.

• 无意义的；无目标的；不值得做的
  having no purpose; not worth doing
  1. We searched until we knew it would be pointless to continue.
     我们搜索又搜索，直到觉得继续下去也枉然时才罢手。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无益的；无意义的；无目的的
  If you say that something ispointless, you are criticizing it because it has no sense or purpose.
  1. Violence is always pointless...
     暴力总是毫无意义的。
  2. Without an audience the performance is pointless.
     没有观众，表演就不成其为表演了。
  3. ...pointless arguments.
     无益的争论

英英释义

adj

• not having a point especially a sharp point
  1. my pencils are all pointless
  Synonym:unpointed
• serving no useful purpose
  1. otiose lines in a play
  2. advice is wasted words
  3. a pointless remark
  4. a life essentially purposeless
  5. senseless violence
  Synonym:otiosepurposelesssenselesssuperfluouswasted

双语例句

• It's pointless arguing with him.
  和他争辩是白费口舌。
• Even so, I still think you probably did right, in a pointless kind of way.
  即便如此，我仍然认为你也许这么做是对的，尽管这毫无意义。
• I spent many pointless hours in that city.
  在那个城市，我度过了许多无所事事的时光。
• Since we can neither create nor destroy time, it's pointless to fight it.
  1由于我们既不能创造也不能毁灭时间，所以与它做斗争是没有意义的。
• It would be silly, pointless.
  这是愚蠢无意义的行为。
• They made it perfectly clear that it was pointless to go on
  他们非常明确地表示继续下去毫无意义。
• Few think neuroscientific research is pointless just because we still know so little about the brain.
  很少有人认为神经科学研究没有意义，这正是因为我们对于大脑所知甚少。
• Without an audience the performance is pointless.
  没有观众，表演就不成其为表演了。
• Well, then, it's pointless to continue, we'll stop!
  那继续下去就毫无意义了，我们停止吧。
• I think that would be fairly pointless, but go ahead.
  我想那是没有什么意义的，但你还是说吧。