| 单词 | inefficacious |
| 例句 | Meanwhile, the public has received only dribs and drabs of the investigation’s contents — all of which affirm the appropriately established understanding that the CIA’s post-9/11 use of torture was rampant and inefficacious. Torture report leak: CIA methods “brutal”, “worse than communicated” 2014-04-11T17:30:00Z The report is an important recognition that this preemptive, prefigurative mode of policing and surveillance is not only unconstitutional, but also practically inefficacious if the aim is preventing terror attacks. White House advisers vindicate Snowden 2013-12-19T16:05:00Z The report is an important recognition that preemptive, prefigurative mode of policing and surveillance is not only unconstitutional, but also practically inefficacious if the aim is preventing terror attacks. White House advisors vindicate Snowden 2013-12-19T16:05:00Z Every argument was brought forward to induce him to stay in La Rochelle, but every argument proved inefficacious. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Any hesitation was visited with excommunication, and if this proved inefficacious, his dominions were thrown open to the first hardy adventurer whom the Church would supply with an army for his overthrow. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Their united efforts were vain, however; and even the remedies suggested by Apollo, god of medicine, proved inefficacious. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z In fact, the anathema remained inefficacious within and without.313 In vain did the pope employ the Jesuits to raise or indispose the European courts against the Venetians. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z The ordinary remedies—such as salt dissolved in water—are inefficacious. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Staghunting with a deer turned out from a cart and caught with a whipthong, is equally inefficacious, because the hunting as a rule only commences when the run is over. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z It was inefficacious, however, when one of these was involved in sin. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z This is confirmed by Scaliger, who declares that, so inefficacious did they deem their "word of God," that they distrusted the success of Christ's kingdom, "without the aid of lying." Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z So it proved; either the antidote, with which I believe Bushmen often do effect wonderful cures, was stale and inefficacious, or the poison had obtained too strong a hold. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z A few Spotswoods, scattered here and there in the seats of the mighty of our modern America, might not prove inefficacious. Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck 2011-11-26T03:00:16.703Z When put thus clearly, the most obtuse can see that prayer must necessarily be inefficacious, and must always proceed from a selfishness so intense as to cloak the blasphemy from view. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z In France, the small birds are destroyed in rank fury, and every measure taken to protect them is inefficacious, thanks to the rage for destruction among the inhabitants. The Pros and Cons of Vivisection 2011-08-23T02:00:31.033Z It is said, that though, to satisfy the Scotch Commissioners, all their requests were ostensibly granted, Henry took secret measures to render these grants entirely inefficacious. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z He commenced the sentence with a dignity, and ended it with a familiarity equally inefficacious. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z My counsels and remonstrances were not wholly inefficacious. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z The puerilities of inefficacious charms and mysterious ceremonies with which he deludes his clients are not all. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z The most beautiful colouring of the skin, and the gentlest habits, are alike inefficacious to remove that feeling. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Had his aunt merely told him that his present would be inefficacious, he would have taken that assurance as being simply her opinion, and would have still entertained some hopes in the diamonds. Ayala's Angel More and more did he understand that, not from without, but from within, true cleansing must proceed, and that all else, save a new creation by the Spirit of God, was inefficacious. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I It is, at least, quite certain that other means will prove inefficacious, if this be not superadded. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery So here too, in this legend, as in all the rest, the Devil is greater than God, and prayer and penitence inefficacious to redeem iniquity. Witch Stories They were as unfriendly to the old confederation as to the system now proposed, but bore it with more patience because it was wholly inefficacious. Essays on the Constitution of the United States He now stood trembling in fear of Elizabeth’s reproof, stammering out a wild protestation of his inability to save the horse by force, and of his inefficacious attempts to save him by prayer. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Imperfectly mixed coal-tar-creosote dips are liable to poison animals even when not used in stronger solutions than that recommended by the manufacturers, and are also likely to be inefficacious. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle The proffered grace remained inefficacious simply because the sinner rejected it of his own free will. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise The padlock was never fixed upon the mind, and even the lock and key, prescribed by act of parliament, were found inefficacious. Practical Education, Volume I The greatest dangers in the jungle are those which cannot be met with impunity; those that render every defence inefficacious when a man is taken unawares. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Sad and inefficacious, as a remedy, would be solitude, with its mysterious voice, and the ardent contemplations that it awakens, for a passion so fondly awakened in the young heart of Fabian. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora It must, therefore, not be inflicted when it is 'groundless,' 'inefficacious,' 'unprofitable,' or 'needless.' The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Consequently, there can be no efficacious prayer without prevenient grace, and purely natural prayer is inefficacious for salvation. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise And those victories became more numerous and splendid when, after two years of inefficacious friendship with us, the Spaniard and the Dutchman joined our enemies. Lectures on the French Revolution I abhor bloodshed, and every species of terror erected into a system, as remedies equally ferocious, unjust, and inefficacious against evils that can only be cured by the diffusion of liberal ideas.—Mazzini. Pearls of Thought Stretched on the agonizing couch of pain, All human aid inefficacious, vain, Where shall his tortured spirit rest? Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life In writing novels we novelists preach to you from our pulpits, and are keenly anxious that our sermons shall not be inefficacious. Ralph the Heir The omniscient God-man here asserts the existence of graces which remained inefficacious in Corozain and Bethsaida, though had they been given to the inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon, they would have proved effective. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise It is my belief, however, that, had I attempted a different order of composition, my faculties would not have been found so pointless and inefficacious. The Scarlet Letter Punishment, being primarily mischievous, is out of place when groundless, inefficacious, unprofitable, or needless. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Failing in its usual effect, the medicine was no longer continued; but every thing that was tried proved equally inefficacious, and he did not long survive. An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases As far as producing the effect contemplated was concerned, the law was altogether inefficacious. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Consequently, one and the same grace may be efficacious in one case and inefficacious in another. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise From the most ancient times laws, as fierce as inefficacious, punished with death merchants who traded in men, but the trade did not cease until the end of the sixteenth century. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The special field of private ethics is among the cases where punishment is "unprofitable" or "inefficacious," notably those which are the concern of prudence. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics I therefore once more directed squill, with decoction of seneka and sal sodæ; but it was inefficacious. An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases In his case at least the touch was inefficacious, for he was subject to scrofula all his life. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing Consequently, when God, in the light of this eternal foreknowledge, actually bestows a grace, this grace will prove efficacious or inefficacious according as He has foreknown whether the will will give or withhold its consent. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise The pretext for this mode of torture was to extort confession; but it was quite inefficacious; because the victim was usually disposed to say anything, true or false, for his own salvation. The Philippine Islands If the traditional standards are proved to be futile and inefficacious, let us find the unfaltering standards authenticated by reason. Human Traits and their Social Significance They have used the leaves in such large proportion, that the doses have been sufficient, or more than sufficient, even in their most inefficacious state. An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases When even this remedy proves inefficacious, and the patient survives it, the illness is pronounced incurable! In the Forbidden Land The earliest English treaty with Tunis was dated 1662; many more followed, and all were about equally inefficacious. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs Her young friend smiled at the inefficacious prayer, but promised to do all she could to oblige her. A Simple Story Still, with all this, the blue coat, like charity, covereth a multitude of sins, and the blue water is, as yet, inefficacious to wash them all out. Rattlin the Reefer It might be inefficacious, or he might perish in the desert before he met any one, but he did not give up all hope of a better fate. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War But according to the traditional belief the test proved inefficacious, unless the husband was himself innocent of the crime whereof he accused his wife. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels A tenet which cannot be in the slightest degree realised, except perhaps in special moments of excitement or depression, is rendered almost neutral and inefficacious by the conscience refusing to dwell upon it. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century But though it is not absolutely efficacious under all circumstances, it is of great potency always, and rarely inefficacious. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Nothing can madden the reason of the disembodied soul, else the view of the desirableness of God and the inefficacious attractions of the glorious Divinity would do so. The Education of Catholic Girls Their poison proved inefficacious, and so shall their love! The Youth of the Great Elector Antonym: inefficacious. efficacy, n. potency, effectiveness, efficiency, productiveness. Putnam's Word Book As to cases where it would be inefficacious, where punishment has no deterring motive power,—as in Infancy, Insanity, overwhelming danger, &c.,—the public and the private sanctions are also alike excluded. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics "I am only a theorist; I condemned the action as premature and inefficacious." The Shadow of the Cathedral In the latter, the exclusion would be inefficacious for the only end it could be intended for, viz., the benefit of Germany, unless Flemish money were excluded from England as well as Flemish linen. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy Or if her prayers were wider must they not be inefficacious? John Caldigate Orders have evidently been given to keep him away from my influence, inefficacious though the latter has hitherto been. Facing the Flag They found this effort to melt it inefficacious. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The busy hum of a parochial free-school, and the shady repose of a county gaol, were alike inefficacious in producing the slightest alteration in Mr. Barker’s disposition. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people The precaution, however, is quite inefficacious, for the Indians never fail to procure liquor of a worse kind, at a dearer price, from travelling pedlars. American Notes Ideas efficacious over some people prove inefficacious over others. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature It is my belief, however, that had I attempted a different order of composition, my faculties would not have been found so pointless and inefficacious. The Scarlet Letter They had a temporary effect, but I found them equally inefficacious. Anna St. Ives This, however, might have been comparatively inefficacious to inflict the amount of punishment intended by Sulla. The Life of Cicero Volume One Both by those who would have anticipated war and by the Government it has been alleged that the existence of a Parliamentary Opposition was the reason why the military precautions of the Government were inefficacious. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 Hereupon the smaller of the two girls, after a little inefficacious dandling, at once settled the question of maternity by nursing her baby. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. Both maintained that the action of the humanists was inefficacious, and the compromise between religion and life a vain expedient. The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) A word must be said; but, alas! how inefficacious to do justice to the ingenuity so wonderfully displayed! The Three Clerks The dog baying at the cat in the tree is the prey of such a desire, but he does not realize it, or he might discontinue his inefficacious leaps. A Handbook of Ethical Theory Were the criminal law done away with in our present state of civilization, religion, ethics and civil procedure would be absolutely inefficacious to prevent anarchy. Courts and Criminals She knew that she could have made no speech more stupid, more senseless, more inefficacious;—but what was she to say in answer to such an assurance? He Knew He Was Right Sir Thomas More.—And yet the inefficacious punishment of guilt is less to be deplored and less to be condemned than the total omission of all means for preventing it. Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society The difficulty is just and well stated, and I am afraid that the mode by which he proposes it should be removed will be found inefficacious. An Essay on the Principle of Population It is a sort of tenderness that is quite inefficacious. The Duke's Children For Joe still had a crooked nose, all the doctor's care having been inefficacious to remedy the evil effects of Bridget's little tap with the rolling-pin. Doctor Thorne As this proved inefficacious, he resorted to other means. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 This last way, for which there was a motive formerly in the extreme difficulty of all movements, has become in modern times very inefficacious. On War — Volume 1 The sword is the braver way, although all ways are equally inefficacious. The Jacket (Star-Rover) He had now come to man's estate, and his father, finding the Cambridge receipt to be inefficacious, had sent him abroad to travel with a tutor. Doctor Thorne |
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