pointless
- 英式英标[\'pɔɪntləs]
- 美式音标[\'pɒɪntlɪs]
中文词源
pointless 无目标的
来自point,点，目标，-less,无，没有。
英文词源
- pointless (adj.)
- early 14c., "blunt," from point (n.) + -less. Meaning "of no effect, to no purpose" is from 1726. Related: Pointlessly; pointlessness.
实用例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The programme was bitty and pointless.
- 这个计划东拼西凑，毫无意义。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Without an audience the performance is pointless.
- 没有观众，表演就不成其为表演了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》