mean.ing.less
adj.(形容词)Having no meaning or significance.无意义的,无价值的
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mean.inglessly
adv.(副词)mean.inglessness
n.(名词)<参考词汇><同义词>meaningless,senseless,mindless,irrational,pointless,purposeless同义词>These adjectives mean lacking import, direction, or purpose.这些形容词都含有无意义、无方向或无目的意思。 Meaningless andsenseless emphasize absence of meaning, significance, or motivation: Meaningless 和senseless 强调缺乏意义、重要性或动机: 例句:a verbose but meaningless explanation;冗长而无意义的解释;
例句:senseless violence.无意义的暴力。
Mindless applies to that which lacks the will and thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being: Mindless 用于指缺乏思考能力和意志的: 例句:.the shrieking of the mindless wind. (John Greenleaf Whittier). .没头脑的大风的吼叫. (约翰·格林里夫·惠蒂埃)。
例句:.We must dare to think about ‘unthinkable things’because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless. (J. William Fulbright)..我们必须敢于思考‘不可想的事情’,因为如果事情变得不可想,思想就会停止,行动就会盲目. (J.威廉·富尔布顿特)。
Irrational implies a lack of accord with or a lack of reason or sound judgment: Irrational 指缺乏理性或良好辨别、判断能力的: 例句:.It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. (Louis D. Brandeis)..是言论的作用使人们从无理性的恐惧中解脱出来. (路易D.布兰代斯)。
Pointless andpurposeless stress the absence of an aim or end: Pointless 和purposeless 强调没有目的: 例句:The host bored his guests with a long and pointless anecdote.主人讲述的冗长而毫无意义的轶闻使客人们都厌倦了。
例句:She feels that her life is purposeless and empty. 她觉得自己的生活空虚且没有方向
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