futility

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /fjuːˈtɪlɪti/    美 /fjuˈtɪləti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being futile or useless. uncountable,usually
    — an exercise of futility
  2. Something, especially an act, that is futile. countable,usually
    — But fashion and authority apart, and bringing Plato to the test of reason, take from him, his sophisms, futilities, and incomprehensibilities, and what remains?
  3. Unimportance. uncountable,usually
    — Her empty chatter, her futility, her childish coquetry and frivolity—such light wares could hardly be the whole substance of any woman’s being; […]

词形变化

futilities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
exercise in futility futilitarian

词源

From Latin fūtilitās (“worthlessness, futility”). By surface analysis, futile + -ity.
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