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 ineffectual [,ini'fektʃuәl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 无效的, 无益的



    ineffectual
    [ adj ]
    1. not producing an intended effect

    2. <adj.all>
      an ineffective teacher
      ineffective legislation
    3. producing no result or effect

    4. <adj.all>
      a futile effort
      the therapy was ineffectual
      an otiose undertaking
      an unavailing attempt
    5. lacking in power or forcefulness

    6. <adj.all>
      an ineffectual ruler
      like an unable phoenix in hot ashes


    Ineffectual \In`ef*fec"tu*al\ (?; 135), a.
    Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient;
    weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual
    attempt; an ineffectual expedient. --Pope.

    The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet
    has been by many found ineffectual. --Boyle.

    Syn: Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless;
    unavailing; futile. See {Useless}, {Inefficacious}.

    1. That legacy includes an army notorious for its human rights abuses, an ineffectual judicial system, a population with a 65 percent illiteracy rate and a per capita income of $360 a year.
    2. Nevertheless, if the DOT's latest steps come to be seen as ineffectual, pressure may mount for tougher actions.
    3. In the process, the measure became ineffectual for cases such as olestra, he says; under the peculiarities of the law, only one of the fat substitute's four patents could be extended.
    4. The government is in full control of the country, black resistance is minimal, and the ANC has admitted its guerrilla campaign has been largely ineffectual.
    5. The State Department contends it is doing the best it can in dealing with an ineffectual and stubborn government and the complexities of a cruel civil war pitting the Moslem rulers in the north against the Christian and pagan minority in the south.
    6. Mrs. Chamorro has repeatedly said Nicaragua cannot support a big army anyway _ the economy, hurt over the years by a now-ended U.S. embargo and ineffectual Sandinista policies, is in shambles.
    7. But Egypt's laws protecting films, books and intellectual properties are outdated and ineffectual, providing for penalties no higher than $40 or three months in jail for repeat offenders.
    8. The bureau is portrayed as murderous (shooting down in cold blood a gang member who suspects Ms. Winger) and ultimately ineffectual in bringing the racist outlaws to justice.
    9. 'In the present climate of inadequate demand, reforms are more likely to be ineffectual or merely cause jobs to shift from one sector or activity to another.
    10. "It is for Congress to determine if the present system of design and utility patents is ineffectual in promoting the useful arts in the context of industrial design," Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the court.
    11. Conservatives at the time thought that they could rescue the situation by getting behind the election of an amiable and ineffectual patrician from New York state for the presidency.
    12. So we can expect that this Congress will busy itself with "liberal" legislation addressed to "social issues," and one can fairly predict, on the basis of experience, that these new programs will be expensive and ineffectual.
    13. Now, the Soviet Union has become the mover and shaker, the biggest booster of an international forum it once despised as ineffectual or Western-biased.
    14. US officials report that talks on intellectual property rights violations have bogged down recently, with Beijing apparently unwilling to concede that its policing efforts are ineffectual. Domestic economic reform also appears to be faltering.
    15. One of his most memorable roles was that of James Dean's ineffectual father in "Rebel Without a Cause."
    16. His reward is having to contend with Ruhe across the cabinet table - in place of his affable but ineffectual predecessor.
    17. The president's refusal to accept Democrats' demand to pay for a bill with higher taxes on the wealthy may leave him looking ineffectual and insensitive to the middle class.
    18. Asked by Mr Hooper to comment on Mr Rimell's assessment of him as 'ineffectual', Mr Raven replied: 'It was a pretty ineffectual team.' The trial continues on Monday.
    19. Asked by Mr Hooper to comment on Mr Rimell's assessment of him as 'ineffectual', Mr Raven replied: 'It was a pretty ineffectual team.' The trial continues on Monday.
    20. As usual, the censors were inconsistent and ineffectual.
    21. But Ukraine's ineffectual economic reform has disenchanted many.
    22. Prime Minister al-Mahdi started ineffectual and ended venal.
    23. In short, and to put it bluntly, American liberalism today is wholeheartedly committed to liberal results rather than democratic principles, and regards democratic procedures as mere contingent expediencies to be discarded when ineffectual.
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