| 词汇 | example_english_senseless |
| 释义 | Examples of senselessThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Reading senseless sentences: brain potentials re-ect semantic incongruity. Narratives also help make sense of a ' senseless ' event. Not only was senseless decorative profusion considered déclassé but it suggested that she was more interested in her appearance than the correctness of her seat. Here we find boundaries and transgression of boundaries, tribunals and courtrooms, judges and gatekeepers, and procedures for separating legitimate from illegitimate claims and meaningful from senseless utterances. In this manner, what started as a legitimate socio-economic grievance that could have created a new multireligious social movement was diverted into senseless violence that only intensified sectarian divisions. Providing good deeds, charitable acts, and material welfare to those at the bottom of the social hierarchy seemed far removed from those engaged in senseless demagoguery or wanton ter rorism. Once the attacks on self-reflexivity, metanarrative, and senseless abstraction were launched, they would ring true across disciplinary boundaries of discourses that had been used as resources for one another. In fact, this senseless result just indicates the absence of steady-state solutions in vacuum, because the ponderomotive force in this case will never be compensated by the induced charge separation. His main conclusion: "up until the eighteenth century it is a senseless enterprise to divorce science and literature" (1979, 137) is, if taken literally, undoubtedly overstated. The senseless and weightless void. He possibly would not have acted in the clueless, senseless manner in which the present holder of the office has acted since then. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You must not proceed on the lines of senseless oppression. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from the economic disruption, there is the senseless brutality of it all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our great cities are being engulfed in a rising tide of senseless, mindless, purposeless destruction—which worries a great many people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You are purposely trying to silence the opposition to this senseless operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I always thought that that was both a senseless and an unworthy observation and that it reflected discredit only upon those who uttered it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would also on behalf of my constituents express my condemnation of this senseless, cowardly, cold-blooded and quite indiscriminate attack on innocent people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from the senseless destruction of the city, there arc distressing reports of heavy civilian casualties caused by indiscriminate shelling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I only want this senseless war to stop. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this latter class, the housebreaking class, we often read of senseless violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everything is quite senseless if they do not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely that was a senseless and irresponsible act. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not senseless discrepancies of this nature justify anger and criticism? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we shall not make that senseless immediate reduction in our forces that we did at the conclusion of hostilities in 1918 to 1919. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not understand how a man can get up and talk such silly senseless twaddle on such a serious question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most senseless and wasteful expenditure is that on hotel bed and breakfast accommodation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The poor young wife has been the victim of his wild, senseless acts of violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to conclude by condemning this senseless strike which can achieve nothing constructive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely their discontent is evident in increased truancy, in violence resulting from frustration and boredom; in shoplifting and housebreaking and the senseless destruction of property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not in the interests of safety, but in the interests of senseless, bureaucratic nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one, unless he is senseless, would quarrel with that as a general statement of policy in present circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not dream of treating the matter in this frivolous and senseless way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sad thing is that everybody will be lumped together in a senseless approach to this situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, what conceivable reason is there for continuing this senseless restriction? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have seen the senseless brutality with which they wage that war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In abhorring these senseless killings, we must not lose sight of the progress that is being made towards a more hopeful future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find the televising of a man being systematically hit for the sole aim of knocking him senseless dreadful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not a harsh and senseless irony that while substantial sums are spent upon improvements to holiday cottages these housing lists lengthen miserably? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We express our solidarity, without exception, with all the populations of the region who are suffering the trials and tribulations of a senseless war. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The market regulation for fruit and vegetables has finally set workable limits on this senseless waste of taxpayers' money. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English All we can do is reiterate our revulsion at this senseless violence and our total condemnation of it. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are relieved that this senseless bit of double-counting is now being eliminated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What could be more cruel, senseless and pointless than that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What an absurd description for such a senseless activity, which results in death and injury to innocent people and in damage to property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I therefore believe that there is a great deal of sense in trying to avoid these senseless all-night sittings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One finds so many people who are heartily sick of the violence and senseless behaviour of the extremists and those who are not so extreme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he stop this senseless hypocrisy of sending extradited people to countries where he knows they will not get a fair trial? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What a senseless entanglement for a nation of intelligent people to land itself into! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the detachment of troops was knocked senseless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What accounts for this enormous rise in the rate of crime, and particularly in what, on the surface, appear to be senseless crimes of violence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a growing realisation of the utter folly of the senseless rioting and how little good it does anyone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have in mind particularly the senseless increase in property speculation and building that is now going on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are getting the backlash from about two years ago in this unreasonable and senseless suggestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a real danger of an escalation of that useless and senseless war, with terrible suffering to both sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To us this fear may seem rather senseless and exaggerated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He asked them to abolish what he terms their senseless rule. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No committed trade unionist can possibly support some of the selfish, senseless and, indeed, mindless tactics which have been adopted in the past few weeks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their death is a senseless outrage for which there can be no justification of any kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are trying to make fairness in an unfair system; they are trying to make sense out of a senseless system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The war, our war, as we call the senseless fighting in the late 70s, was about land inequitably distributed between black and white. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To me, it seems senseless and pointless just as it seems to me to be pointless to have caning in some schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the last war senseless things were done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They seem to me to be so senseless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would help also to end the senseless distortion of salary structures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crime therefore remains as senseless as it was horrible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should there be such a senseless thing as a spurious attack? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are considering carefully fixed-term awards, particularly for pensioners, to see whether we can remove much of the senseless administration that surrounds them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The higher the earnings, the more senseless that becomes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the two sectors can work together in this sort of way, nothing will be wasted and there will be no senseless duplication. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one would be so senseless as to say so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, the unions in the yards were equally backward-looking and inflexible, unwilling to change their work practices and imposing senseless demarcation lines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there any truth in that, or is this usually very responsible newspaper indulging in baseless, groundless and senseless speculation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In view of the problems that we face, they are absolutely senseless cuts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tobacco advertising encourages smoking and creates this senseless mortality rate. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Let us, therefore, get rid of the senseless, bureaucratic rules on carrying fluids at airports. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English One can contrast that against the listless, lethargic, futile atmosphere one sees in prisons generally, where people are doing dull, senseless and mostly destructive work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In either case it is a senseless descent into criminality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact is, what trades unionists believe to be a sacred cause is now nothing but a senseless idol. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in a position in the industry to-day where we have to get away from all this senseless talk about investigations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my view we dare not, we must not, let the senseless veneration of our past blind us to the exciting challenges of the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As for interruptions, senseless and sometimes inaudible, from the other side, they leave me very cold indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present process is senseless, and will get us nowhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can be no victory for senseless brutality and callous disregard for life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Far from the violence abating, it has fanned outwards, becoming more indiscriminate, more senseless and less containable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Calling for participation because of its supposed agitational significance is as senseless as calling a strike for that reason. Idealizing the positive defensive and protective aspects of warriorhood may also involve a denial of the destructive, senseless realities of modern warfare. He further compares them to 'senseless brutes', wishing to convert them into christians. In the crossfire, he was yet another child caught in a senseless war, an image we have regretfully become accustomed to. We make it henceforth possible for the fruitful fields of culture again to be destroyed overnight by wild and senseless torrents! The attempt to minimize deviations of joint trajectories and resume reference motion is senseless if the system has lost the dynamic balance. Thus, the parallelism stresses the senseless- and arbitrariness of the crime. His courage was an act of total lunacy, defying the fury of a senseless attacker. Most assembly work is still too complex to be done by the present generation of relatively senseless machines. Even the most elementary operation of statistics, counting, is senseless unless the objects counted can be mobilized and defended as homogeneous. Reading senseless sentences: brain potentials reflect semantic incongruity. A motorway, on the other hand, is senseless: it moves too fast. There is an almost manic note here: a smooth glide into a senseless violence beneath an unchanged suavity of surface. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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