Futility

(noun.) uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result.

埃琳娜整理

• The whole place seemed to resound about them with a noise of hollow, empty futility. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She clung to the note bravely, though its futility was now plain to her in the glare of his miserable eyes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• We have just pointed out the futility of trying to establish the aim of education--some one final aim which subordinates all others to itself. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• All I want to say is that my daughter'--he tailed off into silence, overcome by futility. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• All sorts of men must have been impressed by the futility of the excommunications and interdicts that were levelled at Frederick. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Is this not a contributing factor to the futility and opacity of our political thinking? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Thus the cycle of futility is completed. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Thousands of people who hate the waste and futility of war as much as any of the orators of that evening were filled with an unholy glee. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Their efforts had been confined to low-resistance burners of large radiating surface for their lamps, but he realized the utter futility of such devices. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There it was, it did not alter, and words were futilities. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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