形容词徒劳无益的; 无效的，不起作用的
名词无用的人; 无一技之长者
形容词
1. The searchlights were ineffectual in the fog.
探照灯在雾中不起作用。
1. 无效的：ineffectively 无效地 | ineffectual 无效的 | ineffectually 无效地
2. 白费的：ineffectivelyunavailingly 无效地 | ineffectual 白费的 | ineffectualinutileprofitlesspurposelessresultlessunavailingunserviceable 无益的
3. 无效的,不成功的：peer 注视,同等的人 | ineffectual 无效的,不成功的 | witness 目击者
4. 无效果的,不起作用：industrialization 工业化 | ineffectual 无效果的,不起作用 | inevitable 不可避免的
1. 不起作用的;徒劳无益的
If someone or something is ineffectual, they fail to do what they are expected to do or are trying to do.
e.g. The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs.
市长打击毒品的努力未见成效。
e.g. ...the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past.
过去的一些出发点很好但却无成效的就业计划
1. The latest move by the government to dampen the surge in real estate prices in Hong Kong may seem ineffectual to many analysts and commentators.
2. A subsequent survey by Southern Weekly found that all but one of the operations performed by Xiao had been ineffectual.
3. Enforcement and monitoring of fire codes at city eateries are lax, ineffectual and inconsistent according to an Ombudsman's report.
ineffectual的翻译
adj
1. not producing an intended effect
e.g. an ineffective teacher
ineffective legislation
Synonym: ineffective uneffective
2. lacking in power or forcefulness
e.g. an ineffectual ruler
like an unable phoenix in hot ashes
Synonym: ineffective unable
3. producing no result or effect
e.g. a futile effort
the therapy was ineffectual
an otiose undertaking
an unavailing attempt
Synonym: futile otiose unavailing