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词汇 fruitlessness
释义 fruitlessness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈfruːt.ləs.nəs/ us /ˈfruːt.ləs.nəs/
the quality of being unsuccessful or producing nothing of value: 无结果,无用,徒劳
They despaired at the fruitlessness of the meeting.他们对会议毫无结果感到绝望。
She saw the fruitlessness of the situation.她看到了这种毫无建树的局面。
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fruitless
The failure of the war illustrates the fruitlessness of military might alone.
I didn't want to point out to her the fruitlessness of her love.
He is dispirited by the apparent fruitlessness of his efforts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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fruitlessly
futile
futilely
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no goodidiom
non-viable
nugatory
ornamental
unrealistic
unrealistically
unseriousness
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Examples of fruitlessness


fruitlessness
But the very indeterminacy of the categories ' gentleman ' and ' lady ' suggests the fruitlessness of trying to align politeness with neat social boundaries in society.
Perhaps that feeling of fruitlessness, and even of masquerade, which we sometimes feel will disappear.
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It falls into that immense dismal category of the fruitlessness of experience and the confirmed unteachability of mankind.
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Songlian, already in agony due to the fruitlessness of her life, witnesses the entire episode and is emotionally traumatized.
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Eventually, as the wolf complains of the fruitlessness of their quest, they arrive at a draw-well with buckets on each end of a rope.
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