无益的

Contact with realities indisposed him to any more idle speculations.

接触际使他再倾向于空想。

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

雄辩犹如柏树,虽然高大但结果。

It is profitless to continue arguing.

继续争论是。

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

鉴于这些事, 继续下似乎是。

They are beating the air.

他们正在做事。

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，但是事上是。因为它有际、和大致麻痹状态联想。