futility
英 [fj?'t?l?t?; fju?'t?l?t?]
美 [fj?'t?l?ti]
助記提示
1. futil- + -ity. => worthlessness.
2. which etymologically means 'that pours away', hence 'useless'.
3. futility: f(音“弗、否”) + utility(實用) => 不實用 => 無用.
4. futility => futile.
5. f- (音“弗、否”) + ut- "use" => fut- "useless" => futile.
英文詞源
- futility (n.)
- 1620s, from French futilité or directly from Latin futilitatem (nominative futilitas) "worthlessness, emptiness, vanity," from futilis "vain, worthless" (see futile). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827, n. and adj.); futilitarianism.
雙語例句
- 1. She could see the utter futility of trying to protest.
- 她明白抗議是完全無用的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility.
- 在這一成功的時刻我只感到一陣莫名的枉然。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility.
- 工作可以避免人們虛度生命。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.
- 反對派發言人說他希望協議能夠讓他們仔細想想暴力行為毫無意義。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.
- 它毫無用處，這讓她很生氣。
來自辭典例句