毫无意义

It was an absolutely senseless act of violence.

这是无意义的暴力。

There’s no sense in taking unnecessary risks.

不必要的冒险无意义。

The committee brushed off his enquiries with meaningless promises.

委员会用无意义的许诺来搪塞的要求。

He asked them all kinds of pointless questions, stalling for time.

向们提了各种无意义的问题来拖延时间。

He spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery.

的一生都在无意义的烦人的苦差事。

I think, in part, we mythologize sacrifice, ennoble it with layer upon layer of redemptive they-did-not-suffer-and-die-in-vain meaning, because it enables us to bear the pain of loss.

我想，我们神话牺牲者，给们批上一层救赎的外衣，认们的苦难和死亡无意义而更显尊贵，在某种程度上只是了让我们能承受失去们的痛苦。