كيف تنطق "to little avail"

expression

to (or tuh or ti) LIT-uhl uh-VAYL

too LIT-uhl uh-VAYL

التعريف

Used to say that something was done but did not produce much result or success. It means that the effort made had little or no useful effect.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈɫɪtəɫ/ /əˈveɪɫ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

tˈuː/ /lˈɪtəl/ /ɐvˈeɪl

أمريكي

to (or tuh or ti) LIT-uhl uh-VAYL

بريطاني

too LIT-uhl uh-VAYL

She tried to fix the bike, but to little avail.

We cleaned the stain to little avail.

He called for help, but to little avail.

They changed the schedule, but it was to little avail—everyone was still late.