purposeless

美['pɝpəsləs]
  • adj. 无目的的;无益的;缺乏决心的

英文词源


purposeless (adj.)
1550s, from purpose (n.) + -less. Related: Purposelessly; purposelessness.

双语例句


1. Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
当然我的存在不能如此没有意义吧?

来自柯林斯例句

2. Time may also be wasted in purposeless meetings.
时间也可能浪费在毫无意义的会议当中。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor.
盖茨比在我眼中有了生命, 忽然之间从他那子宫般的毫无目的的豪华里分娩了出来.

来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比

4. They had lounged away in a poverty - stricken , purposeless , accidental manner , quite natural and unimpeachable.
人们都走开了.他们穷,行动都很偶然没有目的. 这很自然, 也无懈可击.

来自英汉文学 - 双城记

5. Approached in the dark, the lights looked lonely and purposeless.
在黑暗中走近时.那些电灯显得孤单而无意义.

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