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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- useless ['juːslɪs]
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1.
adj
having no practical use or advantage
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2.
adj
[informal]
ineffectual, weak, or stupid
- he's useless at history
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1.
adj
having no practical use or advantage
Examples
- It's totally useless, she never acts upon somebody else's advice.
- 完全没用，她从来不会听取别人的意见。
- The press had an error, so all the newspapers printed are useless.
- 印刷时出了个错，所有报纸都作废了。
- it's useless to complain
- 抱怨是无用的 → useless
- to be useless at sth/at doing sth
- [inf] 对某事/做某事非常差劲 → useless
- the moment arrived when pretence was useless → arrive
- a gun-shy dog is useless for shooting → gun-shy
- this has proved useless → prove
- he's useless at history → useless
- 老了，不中用啦。
- I'm getting old and useless. → 不中用
- 非独无益，而且有害
- not merely useless, but harmful → 非独
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