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aimlessly

/eym-lis-lee/US // ˈeɪm lɪs li //

漫无目的,漫无目的地,漫无目的的,漫无目标

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : without purpose or intent:She wandered aimlessly among the empty houses, telling herself sad stories about all the people who weren’t there.There was no actual work to do, so I spent most of my workday browsing aimlessly through social media.

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  • Early in the second half, Canada squandered two golden chances, the last by Beckie by herself in the box after a teammate collected Crystal Dunn’s aimless back pass.

  • With the pandemic greatly limiting aimless retail store exploration, Maido has started producing monthly themed boxes where they bring their best goods to you.

  • Celestron devised a simple mirrored mount that, with the help of a companion app, enables your smartphone to help you find and observe celestial bodies without hours of aimless hunting.

  • I wandered around aimlessly for a while, then gave the goose to an acquiescent hippy on a barge.

  • He is going to have to work hard not to flail around aimlessly, following the lead of congressional Democrats.

  • Lou Diamond Phillips was one of the pimps on the street when I was wandering aimlessly.

  • The conversation drifted aimlessly from football to how they spent their day, to the number of pillows in the house.

  • Eventually, this short, louche novel that began with warmth and zest and cheekiness, wanders around aimlessly in magenta caftans.

  • Bits of paper blew aimlessly about, wafted by a little, feverish breeze, which rose in spasms and died away.

  • She wandered aimlessly into the garden; there was a good deal of noise and laughter going on behind the terrace.

  • An all-gone limp feeling had come over her and she rested her hand aimlessly upon the counter.

  • Yet in doing this they usually seem to have no idea of aim, but toss the missile aimlessly into the air.

  • His heavy fingers opened and closed aimlessly, as he stared across the room at Arnold and back at Beardsley.