useless
useless to do sth
useless doing sth
無用的;無效的;無價值的
This pen is useless.
這支筆沒用了。
He knew it was useless to protest.
他知道抗議是徒勞的。
It's useless worrying about it.
為這事擔心無濟于事。
She tried to work, but it was useless (= she wasn't able to).
她很想做事,但力不從心。
predict
預言;預告;預報
同義詞:forecast
a reliable method of predicting earthquakes
預報地震的可靠方法
Nobody could predict the outcome.
誰也無法預料結果如何。
doom
doom sb to sth
doom sth to sth
使…注定失敗(或遭殃、死亡等)
The plan was doomed to failure.
這個計劃注定要失敗。
The marriage was doomed from the start.
這樁婚姻從一開始就注定要破裂。