音标:['fjuːtaɪl] ;
adj.
无用的,无益的,无效的;徒劳的;徒然的
(人)没出息的;没有志气的,缺乏斗志的,不称职的,效率低的
不重要的;微不足道的;无聊的;轻浮的
(人)愚蠢的
近义词:
abortive
. fruitless
. useless
. vain
反义词:
effective
. effectual
. fruitful

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-ities
accelerated depreciation
agree to do something
airborne infrared early warning system
allioides
alpha-blocking
antideuterons
Aranyaprathet
armature stud
automobile seat
banned substance
be rich in
bicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn
blood baths
box classifier
box kite
branch off sth
brush up
burdened with debts
butterly
call something into play
carpetable
chapter and verse
charitable remainder annuity trust
chemical feeding
chestnut-sided
clutch handle
commander
commercial oil
competitive ability
contingency operation
corrected multiple correlation coefficient
cowalker
double coincidence spectrometer
due from agencies
dymond
elimination of plant disease and pests
favia maxima
flower of arsenic
giant molecular cloud
heavy element
high level tank
hybrid fusion-fission reactor
hydrolability
initial link
insipidities
laid deck
lay pipe s
liftout bolt
lubricity
manners and customs
manual-pump
materials handling department
neutral wire
neutrino-beta angular correlation
non task
nores
normal accommodation capacity
opal matrix
open profile
ovotyrin
panunculus amurensis kom
passing of risk
poorly-rated
postentry
pound away at
proportional factor
prostatomegaly
Protostomatida
quadrigemia
Rainer Maria Rilke
rami membranae tympani
rebar bundle
region dependent segmentation
releasing stuck by acidizing
right-handed pitcher
San Benito, L.de
separatography
Shi'ifying
short-termist
single twist drill
slow reaction substance of anaphylaxis
specular transmittance
squalidus argentatus
steel pipe railing
stethocelodyspnoea
submitochondrial
Sunbury-on-Thames
tomato
tong torque gauge
tooth mesh
transactinide series
triacas
triffic
triphenylselenonium iodobismuthite
trisonic wind tunnel
twill fabrics
unimaginative
used oil regenerator
vertex of a quadric
vespasienne
waster-ash (fraxinus caroliniana mill.)