avail
noun /əˈveɪl/
/əˈveɪl/
词源Middle English: from obsolete vail ‘be of use or value’ (apparently on the pattern of pairs such as amount, mount), from Old French valoir, from Latin valere ‘be strong, be of value’.
Idioms Idioms
of little/no avail
- (formal) of little or no use
没有什么用处;没有用 - Your ability to argue is of little avail if the facts are wrong.
如果论据是错的,你的辩才也就没有什么用了。
- Your ability to argue is of little avail if the facts are wrong.
to little/no avail
- (formal) with little or no success
没有什么效果;不成功 - The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail.
医生千方百计想使他活下来,但无济于事。 - They worked hard to win the project but all to no avail.
他们努力争取赢得这个项目,但都无济于事。
- The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail.