| 词汇 | futility |
| 释义 | futility noun[ U ] uk /fjuːˈtɪl.ə.ti/ us /fjuːˈtɪl.ə.t̬i/ the fact of having no effect or of achieving nothing: 无益，无效，无用 "What's his latest book about?" "Oh, the usual - the transience of love and the futility of life."“他最新的书是写什么的？” “哦，老一套——爱情的短暂和生命的徒劳。” People have got tired of the futility of war.人们已经厌倦了战争的徒劳。 See futile It is hard not to be taken aback by the scale and utter futility of it all. She realized the futility of arguing with him. A terrible, numbing sense of futility swept over him. Useless and futile adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy fruitless fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futilely negation no goodidiom non-viable nugatory ornamental unrealistic unrealistically unseriousness until you are blue in the faceidiom unviability Examples of futilityfutility Debates about futility are debates about specific interpretations of the basic concept. In the futility design, the active treatment group is generally compared to a pre-determined threshold value(s) based on clinical judgment or historical data. However, in the intensive care unit futility is in the eye of the few beholders who see patient care according to the curative mode. An intervention may yield results slightly worse than the futility threshold, but would not be rejected as futile. These relationships contrasted between and within vertebrate groups, underlining the futility of searching for an all-encompassing functional explanation for all vertebrates. Bringing clarity to the futility debate: are the cases wrong? These characteristics of futility decisions are challenges to the baby-boomer ethos and are therefore likely to produce resistance. What is astonishing is that these apes, in the face of so much futility, persist in their attempts to manipulate people through intentional communication. This volume attests to the futility of these efforts to endow the child with the ' right stuff ' for solving the problem. I would classify that as indeed a question of professional integrity - but not a question of futility. Contemplating total artificial heart inactivation in cases of futility. It is noteworthy that most of the futility policies of the participating institutions succeeded in addressing both these components. Thus, the futility trials may have identified an important variable before committing to a larger study. Decisions concerning the medical futility of interventions may be fraught with apprehension and misgivings for everyone involved. This should enable the use of the futility design, leading to more rapid and efficient clinical development programs. See all examples of futility 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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