Fruitless

(a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage.

(a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy.

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• Besides, is it not a shame, that the genius of Adrian should fade from the earth like a flower in an untrod mountain-path, fruitless? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• At least he would return and see, before he continued what seemed to be a most fruitless quest. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Do you think, if I were not sure of Helena's answer, I would send you on a fruitless errand? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• No one, however, appeared to profit by the opportunity; and after a half hour of fruitless waiting she rose and wandered on. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I paced the streets by night and day, but until two hours ago, all my efforts were fruitless, and I never saw you for an instant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Pray point out Harriette to me, said Meyler, for I am tired and worn out with my fruitless search. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Of course I have repeatedly thought of the Boffins, Sophronia,' he resumed, after a fruitless silence; 'but I have seen my way to nothing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• There was little or no interest in motor vehicles of any description in that period of the early nineties, consequently the Pennington efforts were fruitless. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There was no record or legend of any prisoner with those initials, and many fruitless guesses were made what the name could have been. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Then I believe I can assure you that you are on a fruitless errand, and will not find what you fear to find. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• That is at once the easiest and the most fruitless form of public activity. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• No time was lost in fruitless recounting of my imprisonment. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• After some hours of fruitless search, they arrived at the unwelcome conclusion that they must go home without him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• But even now my visit may not be entirely fruitless. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• But experience shows, I believe, that it is a fruitless conflict and a wasting enthusiasm. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I had contemplated him with reverence, and a fruitless desire of imitation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• From one fruitless care, it was turned away to another care much more intricate, much more embarrassing, and just equally fruitless. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It may be the extreme of mortal misery, it may be sheer waste of time, and fruitless torture of feeling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• My first care, when I DID arrive, was of course to seek for her; but the search was as fruitless as it was melancholy. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• He looked, wistfully, into their faces, one by one when they passed out, as though to see which way the greater number leant; but that was fruitless. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Now, I say, Tom, be fair about this yer, he said, when, after a fruitless search, he came where Tom was standing. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• But if we look for the brilliancy and variety of color seen in our own day, the search will be fruitless, because these were unknown until a half century ago. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It was not her fault, if the warning were fruitless. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Labouring in vain, he must end in hating himself and his fruitless occupation? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• These struggles with the natural character, the strong native bent of the heart, may seem futile and fruitless, but in the end they do good. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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