futile是什么意思(futile的用法)
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一、futile是什么意思
1、futile 徒劳的
2、来自拉丁语fundere, 倾注,倾泻,词源同foundry, alchemy, confused. 引申词义流走的,徒劳的。
二、futile的用法
1、futile
2、futile: see found
3、futile (adj.)
4、"incapable of producing result," 1550s, from Middle French futile or directly from Latin futilis, futtilis "vain, worthless, futile," a figurative use, literally "pouring out easily, easily emptied" (the Latin adjective used as a noun meant "a water vessel broad above and pointed below"), hence "leaky, unreliable," from fundere "to pour, melt," from PIE root *gheu- "to pour" (see found (v.2)). Related: Futilely.
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