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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• History is a purposeless activity.
  历史是一个毫无意义的活动。
• 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
  时间也可能浪费在毫无意义的会议当中。
• In a meaningless and purposeless manner.
  以没有意义、没有目的的方式。
• 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。
• 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。