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- unproductive of success
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
- Synonym: bootless fruitless sleeveless vain
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- producing no result or effect
- a futile effort
- the therapy was ineffectual
- an otiose undertaking
- an unavailing attempt
- Synonym: ineffectual otiose unavailing
数据来源:WordNet
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Countless Miss humid mood in my pickiness tender affection high , perhaps I xijizhao only futile , futile wait for .
无数次思念潮湿的心情在我的眼角缱绻不下,也许我只是徒然的希冀着,徒然的等待着。
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It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history .
要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的。
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It would be futile to protest .
抗议也无用。
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My appeal proved futile .
我的呼吁白费了。
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Their efforts to revive him were futile .
他们努力使他苏醒,但失败了。
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It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement .
如果没有任何好转的机会,继续维持他的生命也是无益的。
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He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow
他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。
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Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years .
他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区,但只持续了10年就无果而终了。
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Their probe into the cause of the fire proved futile .
他们对起火原因的调查没有任何收获。
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It would be futile to argue with him .
跟他争辩是徒劳的。
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While the efforts are certainly not futile , the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line , bettering the world for the future .
这些禁令旨在使未来的世界变得更加美好,我们所做的努力肯定不是徒劳的,但这些禁令的效果可能只有子孙后代才能看得到。
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I would become disgusted with my futile daydreams .
我就讨厌自己那种虚无的梦想
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So did we an obligation to override their demands and withhold futile resuscitative efforts ?
那么我们有义务去忽略家人的要求而放弃无用的抢救么
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Nothing is more futile love , the vengeful feeling that someone else has " come between " oneself and a beloved .
因失恋而痛苦,因别人“插足”于自己与心上人之间而图报复,是最没有出息、最自作自受的乐。
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That would be a lot better than a futile war .
这种妥协将比一场徒劳的战争好得多。
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Trying to please other people is largely a futile activity .
试图取悦别人是徒劳无益的做法总有些人会对你发飙。
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Please don 't waste time by asking such futile questions .
请勿浪费时间问这种无用的问题。
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That futile young man does nothing but waste money .
那个没出息的青年人只会浪费钱。
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I would advise the three of you that resistance is futile .
我建议你们就不要再顽固抵抗了没用的
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But this futile search couldn 't drag on much longer .
可是,这种无益的搜索再也不能拖得过久。
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To require them to use English is futile .
硬要他们使用英语纯属徒劳。
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However , my feeling is that is going to be quite futile .
而我的感觉是这将会变得毫无意义。
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Don 't waste time by asking futile questions .
别浪费时间问一些没有用的问题。
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The word image was futile unless it conveyed essential meaning about life .
语言意象除非表达生活的本质意义,否则就没有价值。
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You do be make a futile effort so , who can care ?
你这样做是徒劳无功的,有谁会在乎呢?
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Without eye contact verbal communication is rendered completely futile .
如果没有眼神的交流,言语交际甚至是完全无用的。
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That 's exactly why legislating concentration seems like a futile approach .
这正是注意力立法形同虚设的确切原因。
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Spent all their creative resources on futile projects .
将他们所有的创造力浪费在无益的项目上。
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As a whole our efforts did not prove to be futile .
总体说来,我们的努力没有白费。
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What a waste of time , what a futile expense of emotion !
白费了多少时间,消耗了多少精神!