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be purposeless
常用搭配，表示处于无目的状态。
His life felt entirely purposeless after retirement.
退休后，他觉得生活完全无目的。
无目的的；毫无目标的
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无目的的；毫无目标的
Having no purpose or aim; without direction or intention.
His life felt entirely purposeless after retirement.
退休后，他觉得生活完全无目的。
无目的的；无意义的。
Without purpose.
After finishing his homework, he felt purposeless and didn't know what to do next.
做完作业后，他感到无目的，不知道接下来该做什么。
The meeting turned into a purposeless discussion that wasted everyone's time.
会议变成了一场无意义的讨论，浪费了每个人的时间。
She wandered around the city with a purposeless gaze, not sure where to go.
她带着无目的的目光在城市里闲逛，不知道要去哪里。
常用搭配，表示处于无目的状态。
His life felt entirely purposeless after retirement.
退休后，他觉得生活完全无目的。
强调主观感受。
Many young people feel purposeless when they lack clear goals.
许多年轻人缺乏明确目标时感到无意义。
修饰名词，表示该名词缺乏目的。
She wandered through the purposeless days of summer.
她在夏天无目的的日子里闲逛。
Not this
The purposeless of his actions made him sad.
Use this
The purposelessness of his actions made him sad.
purposeless 是形容词，不能作名词；应使用名词形式 purposelessness。
Not this
He purposeless walked around the park.
Use this
He walked around the park purposelessly.
purposeless 是形容词，不能修饰动词；应使用副词形式 purposelessly。
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通常作定语或表语，不用于比较级。
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