- not useful; not doing or achieving what is needed or wanted无用的；无效的；无价值的
- This pen is useless.这支笔没用了。🔊🔊
- All I got from him was some useless advice and a loan of £200.我从他那里得到的只是一些无用的建议和200英镑的贷款。
- useless to do something He knew it was useless to protest.他知道抗议是徒劳的。🔊🔊
- useless doing something It's useless worrying about it.为这事担心无济于事。🔊🔊
- The quality ranged from acceptable to worse than useless.质量从尚可到非常糟糕不等。
- She tried to work, but it was useless (= she wasn't able to).她很想做事，但力不从心。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- A computer program with too many icons is worse than useless.一个图标太多的计算机程序还不如没有。
- Her efforts to avoid him proved useless.她怎么也躲不开他。
- The condition rendered her legs virtually useless.这种病使她的双腿几乎丧失了功能。
- The information was useless to him.这条信息对他来说没有价值。
- The land is useless for cattle.这块地根本不能用来牧牛。
- There are two manuals, both of them equally useless.有两本说明书，都没有什么用处。
- They rejected the designs as useless.他们拒绝接受这些设计，认为没有用处。
- This drug is useless in the treatment of patients with AIDS.这种药对艾滋病患者毫无疗效。
- Critics argued that the space programme was a useless waste of money.批评者认为，太空计划是浪费金钱。
- The letter is useless as evidence.这封信作为证据毫无价值。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbsadverb- absolutely
- completely
- entirely
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prepositionSee full entry - (informal) not very good at something; not able to do things well差劲的；不行的；不擅长的
- useless at something I'm useless at French.我的法语不太行。🔊🔊
- I'm pretty useless at this job.这种工作我一窍不通。
- useless at doing something I'm useless at remembering names.我记不起名字了。
- Don't ask her to help. She's useless.别求她帮忙。她没那个能耐。🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbsadverb- absolutely
- completely
- pretty
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prepositionSee full entry