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单词 uselessly
释义
uselessly
adverb
uk
/ˈjuːs.ləs.li/us
/ˈjuːs.ləs.li/
in a way that is of no use, or that is notworkingorachievingwhat isneeded:
无用地；无法工作地
Hisinjuredarmhunguselessly at hisside.受伤的手臂无力地垂在他身侧。
I didn'twanttospendtheafternoonarguinguselessly.我不想把下午的时间浪费在无谓的争论上。
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  • Hetuggeduselessly at theropes, but could notfreehimself.
  • Hisarmsdroppeduselessly to hissides.
  • Themoneyislyingaround uselessly and there arepeoplewho need iturgently.
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Useless and futile
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  • fruitless
  • fruitlessly
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  • moon around
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  • negation
  • unfavourably
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  • untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
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(Definition ofuselesslyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuselessly

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Men may die horribly, randomly, anduselessly, but at least they can say that they behaved well.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The pull of the opposing considerations (learners clearly do\\clearly don't generalize) is so strong that there's a danger of just seesawinguselesslybetween them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such a large dictionary is probably overkill, and in fact, it may even be the case that ituselesslyslows down processing, by proposing extremely rare (although probably valid) words.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In contrast, many plans which have never been put into practice haveuselesslychanged the nature of an area of which they will never be a part.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When it gets at the facts, the mischief has probably been done, and it may be found that the money has beenuselesslythrown away.
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Is it not better that these be made available for research purposes, with parental permission, rather than they beuselesslydestroyed?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
If men think they are going to beuselesslyand uneconomicallly employed they will regard it as one of the greatest deterrents.
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Hansard archive
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It paints a picture of muddled thinking, of waste, and of valuable effortuselesslyemployed.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The amount of money we have spentuselesslyis something fabulous.
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Hansard archive
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The staff who are nowuselesslyemployed on maintaining the cards and records could then be employed productively.
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We are thoughtlessly, wastefully anduselesslyspending money which would be better spent in raising the standard of the technical education of our people.
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We are not making use of this very important national asset but are merely letting it grow and accumulateuselesslyin our forests.
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It was not leftuselesslyon our hands.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
You may spend a great deal of moneyuselesslyin that way.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The figure represents 78 good lives that wereuselesslydestroyed.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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