useless
/ˈjus.ləs/ 形容词 B1中文： 无用
- Without use or the possibility to be used. · This fork's prongs are bent. It's useless now.
- Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action). · I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a brick wall.· I tried my best to make him quit smoking, but my efforts were useless. He now smokes six packs a day.
- Good-for-nothing; not dependable. · Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless, but I love him anyways.
- Of a person, Unable to do well at a particular task or endeavor. · My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player.· Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it.
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It was useless to look down, for he could only see the topsides of the branches, so he stared upward and saw, far away in the blue, Rann the Kite balancing and wheeling as he kept watch over the jungle waiting for things to die.
But I didn’t say anything about it, because I supposed it would be perfectly useless.
Diana knew it would be useless to ask how Gilbert Blythe had fared, so she merely said:
Vain indeed must be all her attentions, vain and useless her affection for his sister and her praise of himself, if he were already self-destined to another.
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