1of no use無用VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, prove無用;感到徒勞;證明無用◇Her efforts to avoid him proved useless.她怎麼也躲不開他。➤become變得無用▸➤leave sth, make sth, render sth使⋯無用◇The condition rendered her legs virtually useless.這種病使她的雙腿幾乎喪失了功能。ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly, wholly (especially BrE) 毫無用處;完全用不上▸➤worse than幫倒忙◇A computer program with too many icons is worse than useless.一個圖標太多的計算機程序還不如沒有。➤all but, almost, nearly, practically, virtually差不多無用;實際上無用▸➤largely, mostly基本上無用➤basically, essentially根本無用▸➤fairly, pretty, rather相當無用➤seemingly好像無用▸➤equally同樣無用◇There are two manuals, both of them equally useless.有兩本說明書,都沒有什麼用處。PREPOSITION➤as作為⋯沒有用◇A candle is practically useless as a light source.以蠟燭作為光源實際上沒什麼用。➤for對⋯沒有用◇The land is useless for cattle.這塊地養牛可不行。➤in在⋯方面無效◇This drug is useless in the treatment of patients with AIDS.這種藥對艾滋病患者毫無療效。➤to對⋯無用◇The information was useless to him.這一信息對他毫無用處。useless
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2 (informal) weak/not successful差勁;無能VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be差勁ADVERB➤absolutely, completely差勁透頂;一無是處▸➤pretty很差勁PREPOSITION➤at不擅長⋯◇I'm pretty useless at this job.這種工作我一竅不通。