"bootless" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 徒勞的
• 無用的

Definition

形容某事沒有用處或沒有結果，沒有成功。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於古老或文學用詞，在日常口語中很少用。常見於古典文學或正式場合，通常形容沒有成效的努力。現代中文更常用“無用”、“徒勞”。

Examples

Trying to convince him was bootless—he’d already made up his mind.

試圖說服他是**徒勞的**——他已經下定決心了。

That was a bootless attempt; nothing changed at all.

那是一場**徒勞的**嘗試，什麼都沒有改變。

Their bootless efforts did not change the outcome.

他們的**徒勞的**努力沒有改變結果。

It was a bootless search for the lost keys.

尋找丟失鑰匙的過程是**無用的**。

All her warnings proved bootless in the end.

她所有的警告最終都**無用的**。

Leaving him a message was bootless, since he never checks his phone.

給他留言是**無用的**，因為他從不看手機。