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

• His is a purposeless life and he will never be known for the things he has accomplished.
  他的人生漫无目的，他永远都不会知道自己已经实现了什么。
• On the traits of beauty, Kant established aesthetics non-utility, non-conceptional universality, purposeless finality and non-conceptional certainty, and founded the base of subjectivity aesthetics thought.
  在美的特质论中，康德确立了审美的无利害、无概念的普遍性、无目的的合目的性和无概念的必然性，从而奠定了主体性美学思想的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• In a meaningless and purposeless manner.
  以没有意义、没有目的的方式。
• Surely my existence cannot be so purposeless?
  当然我的存在不能如此没有意义吧？
• 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。
• 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；
• Meanwhile, people in more cities, especially those Asian ones, keep rushing about, soulless and purposeless and neglecting the sedateness felt only in the late-autumn tranquility and serenity.
  而更多的城市尤其是亚洲的城市则因忙碌奔波而神不守舍，失去了只有在暮秋的静晤中才能展现的韵味。
• 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。