英语短语"no avail"核心含义是“无效、徒劳、没有用”,用于说明某动作/努力未能达到预期效果。它通常需与介词搭配使用,常见结构有3种:
(= with no success; without achieving what you wanted)
用法:作状语,修饰整个句子或动词,强调“努力白费”。 位置:通常放在句末。 例句:He practiced the piano for hours to no avail—he still couldn’t play the piece.(他练了几小时钢琴,却徒劳无功——还是弹不好那首曲子。)
They pleaded with the manager to change the decision, but to no avail.(他们恳求经理改变决定,但没用。)
(= in a way that does not produce results)
用法:与“to no avail”几乎同义,更侧重“过程中没有效果”。 例句:She called the restaurant repeatedly without avail—no one answered.(她反复给餐厅打电话,却没人接。)
The team searched the forest for the lost hiker without avail.(团队搜遍森林找失踪的徒步者,却一无所获。)
(= not helpful or useful)
用法:作表语,需与be动词连用,强调“事物本身无效”。 例句:All our attempts to fix the computer were of no avail.(我们修电脑的所有尝试都没用。)
The medicine was of no avail—his fever didn’t go down.(这药没用——他的烧没退。)
不能单独使用:“no avail”需依附介词(to/without/of),不能直接说“He tried no avail.”(错误),需说“He tried to no avail.”(正确)。
同义词:可替换为in vain(更口语),比如:
He tried to persuade her in vain. = He tried to persuade her to no avail.(他试图说服她,却徒劳无功。)
“no avail”家族用于否定动作/事物的效果,核心是“努力/方法白费”。根据语境选搭配:
强调“结果无效”→ to no avail;
强调“过程无效”→ without avail;
强调“事物本身无效”→ of no avail。