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bootlessa. 1. profitless,without advantage,i.e.having gainedno advantage,unsuccessful无利可图的,没有好处的,(即)没有捞到好处的,不成功的。 △1H.Ⅳ.3.1.66 (64): “thricefrom the banks of Wye/And sandy-bottomed Severnhave I sent him,Bootless home and weather-beaten back.”三次我在威伊河岸和沙底的塞汶河边叫他毫无所得,只好顶着恶劣天气狼狈而回。 2. unprofitable,unavailing. useless 无益的,无用的。 △L.L.L.5.2. 64: “bootless rhymes”,无用的诗篇。 △Mer. 3.3.20:“I’ll follow him no more with boot-less prayers.”我再也不跟着他做无益的请求了。 △Lr.5.3.296 (295):“Very bootless.”完全无用。 △Oth.1.3.209:“He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.”发泄无益的悲伤等于掠夺自身。 △3H.Ⅵ.2.3.12: “Bootless isflight,they follow us with wings,”逃跑是无用的.他们 像长了翅膀似的紧追着我们。 △R.Ⅲ.3.4.101(102):“Come,come,dispatch: ’tis bootless to exclaim.” 来,来,赶快吧;再叫喊也没有用了。 △HV.Ⅷ.2.4.59(61):“Itshall be therefore bootless/That longer you desirethe court,”i.e.That you desire to protract the busi-ness of the court. 因此你要求延期开庭是没有什么好处的。 3.fruitless,pointless,to no purpose无结果的,无意义的,徒劳无益的。 △1H.Ⅳ.1.1.28: “But this our purposenow is twelve month old,/ And bootless ’tis to tell you we will go;”但是这是一年前就定下的打算,我不必再告诉你们我决心要去。 △3H.Ⅵ.1.4.19:“We budged again,as I have seen a swan/With bootless labour swim against the tide/And spend her strength with over-matching waves.”我们还是又退了,就像我见过的一只天鹅逆着潮水拼命泅水、毫无结果,不过顶着无比强大的浪涛把自己的力气耗尽。 △3H.VI.2.6.23:“Bootless are plaints,”悲悼是无用的。 △3H.VI.2.6.70:“Clifford,repent in boot-less penitence.”克利福,你不管怎么悔悟,也是白白忏悔一场。
bootlessad. uselessly,unavailingly,vainly,to no pur-pose无用地,无效地,徒然,白白地。 △Mid.2.1.37: “And bootless make the breathless huswife churn,”害得那主妇累得气喘吁吁也搅不出奶油。 △H.V.3.3.24: “We mayas bootless spend our vain command/Upon the en-raged soldiers in their spoil,”要让我去命令那些发了疯的士兵们停止抢劫,不过是白费气力。 |