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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
  当然我的存在不能如此没有意义吧？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Since evolution has given rise to few, if any, purposeless physiological response, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that enhance survival.
  由于进化很少会发生（即使有的话）没有目的的生理反应，所以假定哭泣一种或多种作用对于提高生存，这是符合逻辑的。