1620s, from French futilité or directly from Latin futilitatem (nominative futilitas) "worthlessness, emptiness, vanity," from futilis "vain, worthless" (see futile). Hence, jocular futilitarian (1827, n. and adj.); futilitarianism.
实用例句
1. She could see the utter futility of trying to protest.
她明白抗议是完全无用的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility.
在这一成功的时刻我只感到一阵莫名的枉然。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility.
工作可以避免人们虚度生命。
来自柯林斯例句
4. An opposition spokesman said he hoped the agreement would give them pause for thought about the futility of violence.
