useless
adjective
uk/ˈjuːs.ləs/us/ˈjuːs.ləs/B1
of no use; notworkingor notachievingwhat isneeded:
无用的；无效的Withoutfuel, thevehicleswillbecomeuselessformovingsupplies.没有燃料，车辆就无法运送物资。
[+ to infinitive]It'suselesstospeculatewithout moreinformation.没有更多的信息，推断毫无意义。
useless
- uselessWe have cleared out carloads of useless junk.
- no useMoney is no use if it's just sitting there.
- serve no purposeSuch warnings serve no purpose other than to scare the public.
- pointlessShe sees cleaning as a pointless exercise since everything is going to get dirty again.
- worthlessThe majority of objects in the exhibition are worthless junk.
mainlyUKinformal
not at all good at doing something:
差劲的；不行的Don'taskme toaddit up - I'm uselessatmaths.别让我算总数，我数学很差。
She's very good atmethodicalwork, but useless when there's a lot ofpressure.她很善于做条理性强的工作，但要是压力太大她就做不来了。
You'reabsolutelyuseless - can't youevengo to theshopswithout gettinglost!你真没用——连去商店买东西都会迷路！
bad at something
- bad atI was overweight and bad at sport.
- hopelessI’m completely hopeless in the kitchen.
- uselessUKHe’s useless at maths.
- rubbishUKShe’s a pretty rubbish singer, really.
- incompetentThe rules have made it hard to remove incompetent teachers.
- It's uselesstryingtoconvinceher that she doesn't need toloseanyweight.
- Hisbooksarefullofrepetitionand uselessinformation.
- This computer'sbloodyuseless! It's always goingwrong.
- Theshelveswerecoveredwithornamentsand uselessknick-knacks.
- For all herqualifications, she's still useless at thejob.
Useless and futile
- a mug's gameidiom
- adrift
- aimless
- aimlessly
- aimlessness
- airy-fairy
- frivolous
- frivolousness
- fruitless
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
- moon around
- motiveless
- negate
- negation
- unfavourably
- unfruitful
- unrealistic
- unrealistically
- untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
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