futility
noun [ U ] uk/fjuːˈtɪl.ə.ti/ us/fjuːˈtɪl.ə.t̬i/
无益，无效，无用
the fact of having no effect or of achieving nothing
"What's his latest book about?" "Oh, the usual - the transience of love and the futility of life." “他最新的书是写什么的？” “哦，老一套——爱情的短暂和生命的徒劳。”
People have got tired of the futility of war. 人们已经厌倦了战争的徒劳。
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- It is hard not to be taken aback by the scale and utter futility of it all.
- She realized the futility of arguing with him.
- A terrible, numbing sense of futility swept over him.