useless

adj. 无用的；无效的

adj.

无用的，无效的；无价值的；差劲的；不怎么样的

双语释义

无用的,无价值的,无效的 not of any use or value

差劲的,不怎么样的 weak; incompetent

英英释义

useless[ 'ju:slis ]

adj.having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

"a kitchen full of useless gadgets"; "she is useless in an emergency"

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

useless arguing没有用的辩论

副词+～

absolutely useless纯粹是徒劳

certainly useless必然是无益的

completely〔utterly〕 useless全然徒劳无益的

quite useless完全无用

～+动词不定式

useless to try企图…是没有用的

动词+～

feel useless觉得很不舒服

～+介词

useless to the factory对工厂无用的

useless without没有…就没有用了

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

It was an intense but useless struggle.
这是一场剧烈而无用的挣扎。

Please cancel the words which are useless.
请把无用的词划掉。

When the umpire says you are out, it is useless to argue because his decision is irrevocable.
当裁判宣布你出局时，任何辩解都是无效的，因为他的判决不可更改。

权威例句

useless (adj.)

1590s, from use (n.) + -less. Related: Uselessly; uselessness.

1. The editor killed a few useless lines.

编辑删掉了几行无用的文字。

2. Please cancel the words which are useless.

请把无用的词划掉。

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3. They wrote his suggestion off as a useless idea.

他们把他的建议看做是无用的想法。

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4. It is useless to reason with her.

跟她讲道理没用。

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5. This sort of ambiguity is worse than useless, since it encourages you to do incorrect work.

这种不明确性比无效更糟，因为它促使您做一些不正确的工作。

6. Telling someone about their flaws is just useless complaining, unless you tell them how they can improve.

告诉别人他们的缺点只是无用的抱怨，除非你告诉他们可以如何改进。

7. If I can only find a form by asking for it on a forum, the form is practically useless to me.

如果我只能通过到论坛中提问才能找到某个表单，那它对我来说几乎毫无用处。

8. Well, this is pretty useless, right?

这个是相当没用的，对不？

9. Is it just me, or is the default installation useless?

只有我出现这种情况，还是缺省安装无用？

10. There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

从无用的知识之中可以得到那么多乐趣。

11. If it turns out to be useless, well, that happens sometimes.

如果结果证明它是无用的，不奇怪，有时会发生这样的事情。

12. They are all putting out useless attitudes.

他们都在向外界发出无用的态度。

13. It will also require what we seek to avoid -- mountains of useless documentation.

它还需要我们想要避免的一些文档――大量无用的文档。

14. When we say to someone: “You are an ugly, useless, despicable person, ” we might have ruined the possibility for a relationship with that person for life.

当我们对一个人说：“你是一个丑陋无用的卑鄙小人。 “时，我们可能已经彻底摧毁了一生之中与其结交的可能性。

15. But without the intelligence these attributes will be useless.

不过如果没有头脑，以上这些属性都将是无用的。

16. What this means is that while getting tons of traffic is good, the traffic is useless if none of them end in conversions.

这意味着获取无限的流量是件好事儿，可如果流量最终都没有转化它们就是一点用处都没有。

17. More important than potential risks, in my view: cold medications are pretty much useless and therefore not worth any risk, however small.

以我的观点，比潜在的风险更重要：冷药物非常的没有用，因此不值任何风险，而且体积小。

18. The operative word in automated testing is automated, and it is useless to automate anything unless you intend to use it often.

自动化测试中最重要的词是自动化，除非您希望经常使用它，否则自动化任何事情都是无用的。

19. When Grethel heard this she began to cry bitterly; but it was all useless, she was obliged to do as the wicked witch told her.

当格雷特听到这些她开始悲伤的哭泣；但是这些都没有用，她被迫去做邪恶的巫婆让她做的事情。

20. As they did this, they scattered, climbing over the mountains of useless scrap and down into the amphitheatre, where they found themselves forming a huge circle in the middle.

当她们这么做的同时，她们散开来爬上由无用的废料形成的小山，再下到环形剧场，呈一个巨大的圆站在中央。

21. Can you replace useless indexes with indexes that enhance query performance?

你可以使用增强性能的索引替换无用索引吗？

22. We generally think the value of information is based on its accuracy, and will assume inaccurate information is useless.

我们一般是根据信息的正确性来考虑信息的价值，认为不正确的信息是没用的。

23. We generally think the value of information is based on its accuracy, and will assume inaccurate information is useless.

我们一般是根据信息的正确性来考虑信息的价值，认为不正确的信息是没用的。

24. He knew it was useless to argue with his father.

他知道跟他父亲争论是没用的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

25. The new typist proved to be useless.

这位新打字员证明是不合格的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

26. If the selected object is larger than the screen, the handles may not be visible. If they are hidden offscreen, not only are they unavailable for direct manipulation, but they are also useless as indicators of selection.

如果所选对象比显示屏还大，控制柄可能看不见；如果它们隐藏在显示屏后面，那么它们不仅不能用于直接操作，而且作为选择指示器也没有用。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

27. In consumer domains, roles are next to useless.

再比如说，消费者这个范畴，把它看成是一种角色几乎是毫无用途的。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

28. It was useless to argue with her.

跟她辩论毫无益处。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

29. Figure 11-2: This is an ugly, useless error message box that stops the proceedings with idiocy.

图11-2 这是一个丑陋而无用的错误消息对话框，它极端愚蠢地停止进度。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

30. Rich modeless feedback is one of the greatest tools at the disposal of interaction designers. Replacing annoying, useless dialogs with subtle and powerful modeless communication can make the difference between a program users will despise and one they will love.

丰富的非模态反馈是处理交互设计的最伟大工具之一，用精细而强大的非模态交互取代恼人而无用的对话框可以让用户不屑一顾的程序变成他们爱不释手的程序。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

31. Applications pop up dialog boxes telling us that connections have been made, that records have been posted, that users have logged on, that transactions were recorded, that data have been transferred, and other useless factoids.

程序的弹出对话框告诉我们已经链接、记录已经被张贴、数据已经传输完毕、用户已经登录、交易已经记录，以及其他的无用的通知。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

32. If a printer is missing, the message box should offer options for deferring the printout or selecting another printer. If the database is hopelessly trashed and useless, it should offer to rebuild it to a working state, including telling the user how long that process will take and what side effects it will cause.

如果打印机不存在，消息框应该提供延期打印输出的选项或选择另外的打印机；如果数据库已经删除不能使用，它应该重建数据库并让它回到工作状态，包括告诉用户该过程要花费多少时间及其造成的负面影响。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓

33. Memory reduces excise, the useless effort that must be devoted to managing tools and not doing work.

记忆减少附加工作，那些用于管理工具而不是完成工作的无用努力。

-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓