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单词 aimless
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Definition of aimless in English:

aimless

adjective ˈeɪmlɪsˈeɪmləs
  • Without purpose or direction.

    无目的的,无方向的

    an aimless existence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is a kind of aimless destructive energy in the villains who speak of their purpose.
    • The early sparring was of the aimless variety, although Dundee had the ball in the net in the fifth minute after a corner taken by Stevie Robb on the left.
    • And yet, for some reason, we're largely aimless, apathetic, and narcissistic.
    • The commonly-held belief is that bank holiday weekends are just an excuse to laze around, be generally aimless and not do very much at all.
    • Further, this conception renders purposeful art at best aimless and at worst nonsensical.
    • You can see bulging veins in foreheads as determined gift-hunters try to fight through the meandering, aimless shoppers.
    • I had been wandering around the supermarket in an aimless and lethargic fashion when I found myself browsing in the frozen section.
    • It was cold and grey, as I remember Scotland being on those blank-faced days in winter when you're left feeling aimless and dull.
    • This is a troubling image, redolent of something locked in an aimless subterranean existence.
    • We watch his feet as he wanders in aimless circles trying to determine his direction.
    • This is again a tribute to the producer's ability to involve the youth in something other than aimless time wasting or even worse.
    • There was also a lot of aimless and ill-directed kicking from both sides but suddenly England struck and from an unexpected source.
    • Marina sat on the edge of the bed as Eldon directed his aimless attention to the ceiling.
    • I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble.
    • The stroll looks innocuously aimless enough, random conversation and desultory gaits all firmly in place.
    • See, you may think this is just an aimless ramble, but in fact it's all carefully thought out and planned right down to the last semi-colon.
    • She walked into the direction of the Library, as I continued my aimless wandering down the halls.
    • Education should not be aimless and there should be a direction to it.
    • It's a great relief for me to finally find this song, and be able to play it at my leisure, rather than just whistle an aimless tune to myself.
    • When that did not happen, there was no Plan B or Plan C in place, and the bowling looked embarrassingly aimless.
    Synonyms
    purposeless, pointless, goalless, undirected, objectless, unfocused, without purpose, without goal
    meaningless, senseless, futile, hollow, frivolous, barren, profitless, fruitless
    unambitious, purposeless, undirected, apathetic, goalless
    drifting, wandering, adrift
    unoccupied, idle, at a loose end, with time to kill

Derivatives

  • aimlessness

  • noun ˈeɪmləsnəsˈeɪmləsnəs
    • I think we have an aimlessness and a pointlessness out there that this legislation addresses, as well.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His aimlessness and loneliness are echoed in the six other characters.
      • Jung believed that the more secular, materialistic, and compulsively extraverted our civilization became, the greater the unhappiness, senselessness and aimlessness of our lives.
      • Many of his novels resemble the telling of a dream conveyed with all its inconsistencies, its aimlessness; enigmatic narratives, balanced somewhere between the unspeakable and that which must be told.
      • Their conversation has the uncertain, improvised aimlessness of real life, and their relationship is not developed and complicated in any traditionally scripted sense.

Definition of aimless in US English:

aimless

adjectiveˈeɪmləsˈāmləs
  • Without purpose or direction.

    无目的的,无方向的

    an aimless, ungratifying life

    漫无目的而又不予人满足的生活。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Further, this conception renders purposeful art at best aimless and at worst nonsensical.
    • Education should not be aimless and there should be a direction to it.
    • The early sparring was of the aimless variety, although Dundee had the ball in the net in the fifth minute after a corner taken by Stevie Robb on the left.
    • And yet, for some reason, we're largely aimless, apathetic, and narcissistic.
    • There is a kind of aimless destructive energy in the villains who speak of their purpose.
    • The stroll looks innocuously aimless enough, random conversation and desultory gaits all firmly in place.
    • See, you may think this is just an aimless ramble, but in fact it's all carefully thought out and planned right down to the last semi-colon.
    • I like to jump around, and would lead a fairly serene and aimless existence if it weren't for my friends always getting into trouble.
    • This is again a tribute to the producer's ability to involve the youth in something other than aimless time wasting or even worse.
    • It's a great relief for me to finally find this song, and be able to play it at my leisure, rather than just whistle an aimless tune to myself.
    • Marina sat on the edge of the bed as Eldon directed his aimless attention to the ceiling.
    • The commonly-held belief is that bank holiday weekends are just an excuse to laze around, be generally aimless and not do very much at all.
    • She walked into the direction of the Library, as I continued my aimless wandering down the halls.
    • When that did not happen, there was no Plan B or Plan C in place, and the bowling looked embarrassingly aimless.
    • It was cold and grey, as I remember Scotland being on those blank-faced days in winter when you're left feeling aimless and dull.
    • We watch his feet as he wanders in aimless circles trying to determine his direction.
    • This is a troubling image, redolent of something locked in an aimless subterranean existence.
    • You can see bulging veins in foreheads as determined gift-hunters try to fight through the meandering, aimless shoppers.
    • There was also a lot of aimless and ill-directed kicking from both sides but suddenly England struck and from an unexpected source.
    • I had been wandering around the supermarket in an aimless and lethargic fashion when I found myself browsing in the frozen section.
    Synonyms
    purposeless, pointless, goalless, undirected, objectless, unfocused, without purpose, without goal
    unambitious, purposeless, undirected, apathetic, goalless
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