The liveried footman , who demonstrated by his decorative uselessness his master 's ability to consume a great deal of unproductive labour , was the ultimate status symbol .
To outsiders , the cacophony underlines the profession 's uselessness .
对局外人来说,这种不和谐的声音凸显了该行业的无能。
Under the fatal lighting of that destiny , its uselessness becomes evident .
在那命运致命的霹雳之下,情感的无用性凸显出来。
As for the supposed uselessness of your young boss , I can believe he is less experienced and more ignorant than you .
至于你认为这位年轻上司没本事,我相信他的经验没你丰富,见识比你更少。
It was lampooned after its launch when a wonky mirror meant that its images were blurred almost to the point of uselessness , and a mission by the space shuttle to fix the problem cost hundreds of millions of dollars .
Given the uselessness of the press complaints commission throughout , this affair will only encourage demands for regulatory oversight of the press .
考虑到报刊投诉委员会自始至终的无能为力,此次事件只会增加对新闻界加强管制监督的呼声。
As the u.c.l.a. economist jack hirshleifer showed back in 1971 , such speculation often combines " private profitability " with " social uselessness . "
It was lampooned after its launch when a wonky mirror meant that its images were blurred almost to the point of uselessness , and a mission by the space shuttle to fix the problem cost hundreds of millions of dollars . Given its subsequent record , few now begrudge the cost .