use·less /ˈjuːsləs/ ●●○ adjectiveadj 1 USELESSnot useful or effective in any way 无用的;无效的 OPP useful The doctor concluded that further treatment would be useless. 医生下了结论,进一步治疗是无益的。
a website full of useless information 充斥着无用信息的网站
virtually/completely/totally etc useless Water had got into the radio, and now it was completely useless. 收音机进了水,现在完全不能用了。
useless for The land is useless for growing crops. 这片土地种不了庄稼。
it is useless to do something It was useless to complain. 抱怨没有用。
worse than useless (=not useful and in fact causing harm or problems) 有害无益 The map was so out-of-date it was worse than useless. 这地图太老了,用了比没用还糟糕。
2 informalUSELESS unable or unwilling to do anything properly 差劲的,无能的 Don’t ask Tim to fix it. He’s completely useless. 别叫蒂姆来修理,他根本不行。
—uselessly adverbadv
—uselessness noun [uncountableU]
n COLLOCATIONSadverbscompletely/totally/absolutely uselessThe treatment is completely useless.
wholly/entirely uselessFrom his point of view qualifications are wholly useless.
virtually/almost/practically uselessThese flaws could make the software virtually useless in a business environment.
quite useless British EnglishBrE (=completely useless)The vehicle proved quite useless on rocky ground.
pretty/fairly uselessThe book is pretty useless for today's students.
verbsrender something uselessShe has a debilitating condition which renders her legs virtually useless.
make something uselessSalt water flooded into the land making it useless for farming.
prove uselessPolice checkpoints proved useless at stopping the suicide bombers.
phrasesworse than useless (=not useful, and causing harm or problems)It would be worse than useless to try and complain about him.