词汇 | directionless |
释义 | directionless adjective uk /daɪˈrek.ʃən.ləs//dɪˈrek.ʃən.ləs/ us /daɪˈrek.ʃən.ləs//dɪˈrek.ʃən.ləs/ not knowing what to do or what you want to do失去方向的,迷失的 Synonyms adrift aimlessmainly disapproving rudderless having no clear plan or purpose aimlessHe was just aimless and confused after being let go from his position. directionlessThe party was plagued with weak and directionless leaders who had no clue how to govern. purposelessThe job left him feeling unfulfiled and purposeless. adriftHis son has just been utterly adrift since leaving university. emptyAfter losing him, I just feel empty inside. Useless and futile adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futilely futility negation no goodidiom non-viable nugatory ornamental unrealistic unrealistically unseriousness until you are blue in the faceidiom unviability Examples of directionlessdirectionless The natural light in the reading room is diffuse and directionless and, like the overcast sky, the light source is never seen directly. This laneway was clearly not, as the slummer genre would have it, an unstable mishmash of listless and directionless deviants. The loss of time is also the loss of memory, where the unusual lyrical use of the hexameter exchanges strife on land for a directionless bobbing about at sea. In the process of arriving at that intact version of the tune, fragments drift through the instrumental fabric, coming in and out of focus, surrounded by tremolos and directionless harmonies. They are drifting, powerless, rudderless, inert and directionless towards their inevitable dissolution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We see across the country these great directionless monsters, sliding out of control with many moving remorselessly towards bankruptcy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tiki-taka is associated with flair, creativity, and touch, but can also be taken to a slow, directionless extreme that sacrifices effectiveness for aesthetics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The other three forms are directionless change, stasis, and decline. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Yorke would later attribute this behavior his frustrations with the band's perceived directionless in defining themselves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first phase, which was marked by rioting, he referred to as the unorganized and directionless phase. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After this was resolved in 1897, his government became increasingly directionless. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is a scalar field in three-space: a directionless value (scalar) that depends only on its location. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She feels directionless in her new normal life and has nightmares about losing her powers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Holden is at various times disaffected, disgruntled, alienated, isolated, directionless, and sarcastic. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Missing his fiancee and the excitement of the war, he felt directionless; he dreaded going back to work in an office and considered himself a sportsman rather than a businessman. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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