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

• Thanks for being a part of my world, without you the world would just be dark and pointless.
  作为一个世界的一部分，我不感谢你，世界也只是黑暗和没有意义的。
• It would be silly, pointless.
  这是愚蠢无意义的行为。
• He asked them all kinds of pointless questions, stalling for time.
  他向他们提了各种毫无意义的问题来拖延时间。
• 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's pointless trying to keep your friendship secret& it's common knowledge already.
  你们无须将友情保密&其实已尽人皆知。
• In such cases, my experience is that it's pointless arguing against this approach.
  在这种情况下，我认为对于这种方法的讨论都是毫无意义的。
• Everything seems pointless and useless to me.
  每件事对我而言好像无意义也无用处。
• It's pointless arguing with him.
  和他争辩是白费口舌。
• His pointless questions irritated me.
  他那无意义的质疑令我恼怒。
• Pointless struggle, can't bring you?, so can I give up.
  无谓的挣扎，挽回不了你的？，所以我可不可以放弃。