| 词汇 | infructuous |
| 释义 | infructuous adjective law mainly Indian Englishspecializeduk /ɪnˈfrʌk.tʃu.əs/ us /ɪnˈfrʌk.tʃu.əs/ without any purpose or value: 无效果的，徒劳的 Where a person had been released on bail, writ of habeas corpus became infructuous.如果一个人已被保释，人身保护令状就变得毫无意义。 Since the licence was created in violation of Clause 2(7) of the lease deed, the agreement for licence was rendered infructuous and consequently unenforceable in law. Since the charge sheet is not challenged before us, this Petition has become infructuous, which is accordingly dismissed. Thereupon the investigation of the case becomes infructuous leading to miscarriage of justice in some cases. In the absence of right of suspending a sentence, the right of appeal conferred upon accused was termed to be a right of infructuous appeal. 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 infructuousinfructuous Investigating a mare's nest is always an infructuous operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can he justify this expenditure of money, ships and aircraft on an infructuous exercise? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless we separate them, every debate will be confused and infructuous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a most infructuous operation, because a mare's nest has the peculiar and unenviable characteristic that, although it does not exist, it grows with scrutiny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I venture to suggest that we ought to think twice before we embark upon a conflict which would inevitably be long and bitter, and would probably be also infructuous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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