avail
nounWord OriginMiddle 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
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。