Mere personal effort is futile.

Their efforts to revive him were futile.

他们对他抢救无效.

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He is a futile sort of person.

他是一个没有用的人.

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Make us guffaw at thy futile follies.

你的愚行让我们粗声大笑.

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My efforts were rendered futile.

我的努力全落空了.

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She was too drained to carry on this impossible, futile war any longer.

她已经筋疲力尽了,不能再继续这场不可能的, 徒劳的战争.

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Like many in Russia, she blamed the country'sfailings on futile attempts to catch up with the West.

像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。

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He made a futile exercise.

他做了一次无效的练习.

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The north's campaign there, however, appears increasingly futile.

然而, 北方在那里的行动显得越发不足道.

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China tried futile a withdrawal of the troops.

中国交涉无效撤走了军队.

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Remember kids, resistance is futile.

记住, 反抗是徒劳的.

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Man is liable to forget how small and often how futile he is.

人类往往忘记自己是多么渺小,而且常常是多么无用的.

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Soames explanied that any early revelation of the manager's dishonesty would have been futile.

索姆斯解释说,即使及早透露经理的欺骗行为也无济于事.

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Yet he knew it was futile.

但他知道那是没用的.

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And we all know that having the answers before a test renders it futile.

我们都知道在测验之前就知道答案的话,那么这样的测验就是无效的.

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

行功德时,若混杂恶行,也是徒劳.

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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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