Word · Frequency #15118
futilities
无用；无效；徒劳
futilities is the plural of futility.
核心释义
The quality or state of being futile or useless.
- 1.
徒劳,无用。
The quality of being futile or useless.
- 2.
徒劳的事情,尤指行为。
Something, especially an act, that is futile.
- 3.
不重要；无足轻重。
Unimportance.
徒劳的事；无用之举；不重要；无足轻重；徒劳,无用。；徒劳的事情,尤指行为。；不重要；无足轻重。
用法In use
After two hours of searching, they realized the futility of looking for the lost key in the dark.
用法提示：futility 为名词，在句中作 realized 的宾语，表示“徒劳、无用”，后接 of doing 说明具体行为。
He sighed at the sheer futility of arguing with the ticket machine.
用法提示：futility 为名词，用在 at the futility of... 结构中，表示对某事的徒劳感到无奈。
The futility of their effort became clear when the power came back on.
用法提示：futility 为名词，作主语，后接 of their effort，表示其努力的无用性。
the futility of sth/doing sth
futility 后常用 of 接名词或动名词，表示“某行动是徒劳的”这一关系。
The futility of trying to reason with him was obvious.
试图跟他讲道理的徒劳是显而易见的。
realize/see the futility of sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- exercise in futility
- 徒劳之举
- Trying to reason with him was an exercise in futility.试图和他讲道理是徒劳之举。
- sense of futility
- 徒劳感
- After weeks of no progress, she began to feel a sense of futility.几周毫无进展之后，她开始感到一种徒劳感。
- futility of war
- 战争的徒劳无益
- History teaches us the futility of war.历史告诉我们战争是徒劳无益的。
- sheer futility
- 彻底的徒劳
- The sheer futility of the effort discouraged everyone.这种努力完全是徒劳，让所有人都灰心丧气。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想记忆：futile 是“徒劳的”，把词尾 -ile 换成 -ity，名词 futility 就是“徒劳、无用”本身。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、专题评论、正式演讲 futility 通常偏正式，多用于书面分析、评论或正式演讲，表示‘徒劳、无用’；日常口语中较少直接用，更常说 uselessness 或 pointlessness。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /ɪləti/ 结尾，重音在倒数第三个音节，与 futility 押韵。注意 futility 的同根词 futile /ˈfjuːtaɪl/ 读音不同，-ile 发 /aɪl/，并非押韵词。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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