So many hours, so well meant, but ultimately so futile.

他们满怀好意，花了不少时间， 到头来徒劳无功。

The stronger the will, the more futile the task.

这种意志越是强烈，这种尝试越是徒劳。

In the long run it may be futile, too.

从长远来看，也有可能是徒劳的。

Each one strained every nerve to break the bundle.

每使出了九牛二虎之力，花了很长时间还是徒劳无功。

He screamed and bawled for the van to stop; but all in vain.

他大吼大叫，想让车停下来，但是一切徒劳无功。

Our colloquialisms reveal a great deal : once you are old you are " fading fast " , " over the hill " , " out to pasture" , " down the drain" , " finished " , " out of date" an " old crock" , " fogy" , " geeze" , " biddy" .

你一旦老了，便" 很快枯萎" ，" 走下坡路" ，" 靠边站" ，" 徒劳 无功" ，" 完蛋了" ，" 过时了" ，是" 老废" ，" 老古板" ，" 怪老头儿" 或" 长舌婆。

Like our futile struggle for perfection.

就好像我们对完美的徒劳追逐。

The cost will be measured in disillusion, blighted communities and wasted lives. Unlike Japan, though, the euro zone is not cohesive.

代价将以幻想来衡量，破败的社区和徒劳浪费的生命。尽管不像日本那般，欧元区也会支离破碎。

You'll sub breathing for bleeding, posture for pasture, agility for futility.

你会用代流血，用姿势代牧场，用敏捷代徒劳。

It is in vain to extenuate the matter.

低估或者藐视事态的严重性徒劳无益。

And there were animals struggling in vain to escape wild snares and leghold traps.

动们徒劳地在陷阱和罗网中挣扎。

Lunsford's search was suddenly be in vain.

兰斯福特的搜寻行动转眼间就成了徒劳之举。

Trying to recreate their designs would have been futile. So instead, I applied my own eccentric approach. Using glitter, I drew similar intricate patterns onto the velvet cape. This ended up in the glamorous, luminous look that concluded the show.

试图复制她们的设计是徒劳的。所以我采用了自己独特的方式。用亮片在天鹅绒斗篷上画出类似的复杂图案。最终呈现出华丽、璀璨的效果，成为秀场的压轴。

But finally, he sees the futility of this lifestyle.

但最终，他看到了这种生活方式的徒劳。

Publishers Simon and Schuster called the move a frivolous, politically motivated exercise in futility.

出版商西蒙和舒斯特称，此举是无聊的、出于政治动机的徒劳行为。

But it was useless appealing to a man who always did what he believed to be his duty, however unpleasant it was.

然而他一向认为自己在履行责任，无论那是多么不愉快；向这样的乞求是徒劳的。

For " moat" people, it would be a " futile" effort.

对于大多数来说，是徒劳无功的。

In 1898, the author Morgan Robertson wrote a novel called Futility, which was a story about the maiden voyage of a luxury liner, called the Titan.

1898年，Morgan Robertson 写了一本名为《徒劳无功》的小说，讲述了一艘“泰坦号”豪华游轮的处女航。

Charging equal interest rates regardless of odds of success or intended major is a recipe for fruitless credential inflation.

不管成功的几率有多大，也不管拟修读专业是什么，收取同等利率会导致徒劳无功的学历膨胀。

He is finally reduced to a violent animal who takes what he wants by force, and he dies in a futile attempt to regain what is now forever beyond his reach – a human heart.

他最后堕落为一头凶猛的野兽，用暴力抢夺他想要的东西，然后死于徒劳地企图得到他已永远无法得到的东西——一颗心。