ineffectually
adverb formal uk/ˌɪn.ɪˈfek.tʃu.ə.li/ us/ˌɪn.ɪˈfek.tʃu.ə.li/
无效地;徒劳无益地;不起作用地
in a way that does not produce good results
She tried ineffectually to encourage him to eat. 她试图鼓励他吃饭，但徒劳无功。
At one camp there are hundreds of huts, ineffectually thatched with straw. 一个营地有数百间茅草屋，用稻草盖着屋顶，但效果不佳。
See: ineffectual
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- They shouted ineffectually, trying to catch the foreman’s attention.
- She was working ineffectually on a PhD at the time, which she did not complete until many years later.
- At 4.30 a.m., I am ineffectually shooing my free-range herd downhill to the milking hut.