purposeless
英 [ˈpɜːpəsləs]
美 [ˈpɜːrpəsləs]
adj. 无目的的; 无用的; 无意义的
BNC.33731 / COCA.30310
牛津词典
adj.
- 无目的的；无用的；无意义的
having no meaning, use or clear aim- purposeless destruction
盲目的破坏
- purposeless destruction
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 漫无目的的；无意义的
If an action ispurposeless, it does not seem to have a sensible purpose.- 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。 - Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
当然我的存在不能如此没有意义吧？
- Time may also be wasted in purposeless meetings...
英英释义
adj
- not evidencing any purpose or goal
- serving no useful purpose
- otiose lines in a play
- advice is wasted words
- a pointless remark
- a life essentially purposeless
- senseless violence
双语例句
- In a meaningless and purposeless manner.
以没有意义、没有目的的方式。 - The society that he depicts is amoral and purposeless.
他所描述的社会是无道德标准和漫无目的的。 - In the post-industrial society, the machine has replaced the poor workers and made them useless and purposeless;
在后工业社会中，机器取代了贫困工人的劳动并使他们变得无用无目的； - 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。 - Meanwhile, people in more cities, especially those Asian ones, keep rushing about, soulless and purposeless and neglecting the sedateness felt only in the late-autumn tranquility and serenity.
而更多的城市尤其是亚洲的城市则因忙碌奔波而神不守舍，失去了只有在暮秋的静晤中才能展现的韵味。 - Traditional social capital modern social capital, social capital positiveness social capital negativeness, ethical contract legal contract, traditional trust modern trust, purposive reciprocity purposeless reciprocity, etc.
传统性社会资本现代性社会资本、社会资本积极性社会资本消极性、伦理契约法理契约、传统性信任现代性信任、理性互惠非理性互惠等。 - A pointless remark; a life essentially purposeless; senseless violence.
无意义的评论；本质上无意义的生活；无意义的暴力。 - Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
当然我的存在不能如此没有意义吧？ - He said that people's television viewing is often purposeless.
他说人们观看电视往往是没有目的的。 - His is a purposeless life and he will never be known for the things he has accomplished.
他的人生漫无目的，他永远都不会知道自己已经实现了什么。