无益的

Contact with realities indisposed him to any more idle speculations.

接触实际再倾向于无益空想。

Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress,which is great and tall,but bears no fruit.

无益雄辩犹如柏树,虽然高但结果。

It is profitless to continue arguing.

继续争论是无益。

In view of the facts, it seems useless to continue.

鉴于这些事实, 继续下似乎是无益。

They are beating the air.

们正在做无益事。

This would seem to be a complimentary term, but in point of fact it is not, for it has picked up associations of impracticality and ineffectuality and general dopiness.

这看起来是称赞词语，但是事实上是。因为它有切实际、无益致麻痹状态联想。