1.But I put aside this reflection as soon as may be; it perturbs me fruitlessly.

但是我尽快把这种想法搁置一旁； 它毫无结果地扰着我。机翻

2.He spent years fruitlessly lobbying Congress to change a 1909 royalties law, which requires radio broadcasters to pay composers but not performers.

一项1909年的版权使用费法要求歌曲作者付款，但不必歌者付款。他多年游说国会修改这项法律，但毫无成效。

3.A whole year of days would pass fruitlessly in dreary business, like dashes of rain on the window-pane.

一整年的日子都在沉闷的生意中毫无结果地过去，就像窗玻璃上的几滴雨。机翻

4.Everyone has had the experience of struggling fruitlessly with a difficult book that was begun with high hopes of enlightenment.

每个人都有过这样的经历：在一本满怀启迪希望的书的开头，却徒劳无功地读了一本难的书。机翻

5.Was it right, even to soothe his grief—would it be possible, even if she promised—to work as in a treadmill fruitlessly?

即使为了安抚他的悲伤——即使她答应了——有可能像在跑步机上一样徒劳无功地工作，这是的吗？机翻

6.He tried to calm himself, to concentrate on finding the Horcrux, but his thoughts buzzed as frantically and fruitlessly as wasps trapped beneath a glass.

他试图让自己冷静下来，集中精力寻找魂器，可他的思路就像被在玻璃杯里的黄蜂一样--狂暴而徒劳地横冲直撞。

7.For the last five years she'd been searching fruitlessly for meaning in a drunken nasty act of infidelity, and there was no meaning.

在过去的五年里，她一直在一次醉酒、令人讨厌的不忠行为中徒劳地寻找意义，没有任何意义。机翻

8." Oh, sure, " said the girl indifferently, as if all that side of her life had lost its importance; and for ten minutes Bond questioned her minutely, but except for small details, fruitlessly, about the ABC routine.

“哦，当然，” 女孩冷漠地说， 仿佛她生活的那一面已经失去了重要性；邦德问了她 10 分钟，但除了一些细节之外，毫无结果地问了她关于 ABC 节目的问题。机翻

9.It was the community organizer in him: Even while Washington was in office, he'd had to battle relentlessly and sometimes fruitlessly with the city in order to get even the smallest bit of support for grassroots projects.

这是他内心的社区组织者：即使在华盛顿执政期间，他也不得不与这座城市进行无情的斗争，有时甚至徒劳无功，以便为草根项目获得哪怕是一丁点的支持。机翻

10.“Yeah, well, you still didn't realise who was behind that stuff, did you? ” sneered Malfoy, as Dumbledore slid a little down the ramparts, the strength in his legs apparently fading, and Harry struggled fruitlessly, mutely, against the enchantment binding him.

“是啊，但你仍然不知道这些事情是谁策划的，是吧？”马尔福讥笑道，这时邓布利多的身体贴着墙壁往下出溜了一点儿，显然他的腿脚已经没有力气，说不出话的哈利拼命挣扎，想摆脱束缚他的魔咒，但毫无结果。