It is futile to perform roots of virtue if they are mixed with evil deeds.

Scarlett's search was futile until in the orchard she found a few apples.

思嘉找来找去一无所获,后来才在果园里拾到一些苹果.

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Ugly and futile: lean neck and tangled hair and a stain of ink, a snail's bed.

长得丑,而且没出息,细细的脖颈,其乱如麻的头发,一抹墨水渍, 蜗牛窝.

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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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I'm sure it will turn out a futile attempt.

我肯定这会是白费功夫.

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Economic theory recognizes the futility of throwing good money after bad.

经济理论认为,搭上老本来挽回损失是无益的.

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Even in ordinary life you feel the futility of words.

即使在日常的生活中你也往往能感受到言辞的无助和无效.

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As soon as he had felt these regrets, he realized their futility.

一想到这些遗憾, 他就认识到了其中的无效.

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Solomon saw the futility of seeking satisfaction in people and things.

所罗门看出在人与事上找寻满足,乃是缘木求鱼.

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He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.

他十分清楚和巫婆斗没什么好处, 于是他垂头丧气,不得不让了步.

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The atmosphere is saturated with disaster, frustration, futility.

四周的气氛中弥漫着灾难 、 挫折和徒劳无功.

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A sense of futility stole over her.

她慢慢地产生了一种没用的感觉.

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At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility.

在这一成功的时刻我只感到一阵莫名的枉然。

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There was a silence of futility and irritation in the room.

屋子里安静极了,充满了徒劳无益和愤怒.

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Little did they know that these talks were always an exercise in total futility.

他们几乎不知道,这种会谈往往都是白费力气,毫无成效.

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Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility.

工作可以避免人们虚度生命。

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Startled , she looked up and met gray eyes that were bitter and full of tired futility.

思嘉吃了一惊,抬起头来, 看见一双灰眼睛充满了痛苦和无可奈何的神情.

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Then, who is holding the futility record of NBA?

那么, 是哪支球队保持着这个连败纪录?

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Get up now, and don't forget to fold up the futon.

起来吧, 别忘了叠被子.

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I'm hanging up this futon to dry.

我把被子挂起来晒干.

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His parents have great expectations for his future.

他父母对他的前途深寄厚望.

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