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
  1. purposeless destruction
     盲目的破坏

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

英英释义

adj

• not evidencing any purpose or goal
• serving no useful purpose
  1. otiose lines in a play
  2. advice is wasted words
  3. a pointless remark
  4. a life essentially purposeless
  5. senseless violence
  Synonym:otiosepointlesssenselesssuperfluouswasted

双语例句

• I belong to the group of scientists who do not subscribe to a conventional religion but nevertheless deny that the universe is a purposeless accident.
  我属于那群对传统宗教不买账的科学家，但是我却否认宇宙是一个没有目的的事故。
• History is a purposeless activity.
  历史是一个毫无意义的活动。
• I have been exhilarated by two days of storm, but above all I love these long purposeless days in which I shed all that I have ever been.
  我已经被二天的暴风雨使高兴的，但是最重要者我爱这些长者无目的的每天在哪一个曾经是我流出所有的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This can seem purposeless, and yet the practice of emptying the mind can bring great insight into the many ways we struggle and strive to fill it.
  这看起来似乎漫无目的，然而这种放空感知的行为，在很多方面，可以为我们带来强大的洞察力，而这正是我们努力想要填补的缺憾。
• 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。