They are a lot of work. I don't have that much time.

养鹦鹉很费工夫， 我没有那么多时间照顾它。

The collar where most of the like hardworking meat is, but really flaky, beautiful whitefish.

颈肉是大部分很费工夫做的肉，但真的很薄，漂亮的白鱼。

I tried very hard to persuade Peter to quit smoking, but in vain.

我力劝彼得戒烟，但却白费工夫。

Well, Susie says making a pie is a lot of work, so she usually bakes apples just by themselves.

苏西做派很费工夫，所以她通常只是简单地烤苹果。

O muse, you work in mysterious ways.

哦 得来全费工夫 天助我也。

This was a waste of time. Couldn't have put it better.

‪-真是白费工夫 ‪-可是嘛。

Does it matter? Does any of it? He's just a lunatic, and he'll always let you down. And you're wasting your time. All our time.

这起得了半点作用吗？他就是个疯子，只会让我们白费工夫。你这是浪费大的时间。

“There's just no point talking to a Petrified person, ” she said, and they had to admit she had a point when they'd taken their seats next to Hermione.

“跟一个被石化的人谈话，完全是白费工夫。”她。当他们在赫敏床边的褥子上落座后，得承认庞弗雷夫人得对。

It wasn't your fault, I bet you just walked past when she was turning on the old charm for Diggory and got a blast of it-but she was wasting her time.

这是你的错，我敢她当时正在对迪戈里施那个魔法，你正巧经过，就被击中了——过她这次是白费工夫了。

The offal fad competed with one for molecular gastronomy, with its spheres of olive juice, then gave way to farm-to-table cooking, which painstakingly detailed the provenance of every radish in a salad.

这股动物内脏潮与流行的分子料理（用橄榄汁做出小球）展开了竞争，随后又让位于“农场直达餐桌”菜肴，这类菜肴会煞费工夫地详细明沙拉中每一个萝卜的来源。

I certainly, I don't look down on them, but I do assume I, because they come easily to me, I'm not convinced that I value them in the same sort of way.

我当然会轻它们，但我确实认为， 因为它们对我来得来全费工夫，我确定我是否以同样的方式珍它们。

Simon's been in touch to say, one thing for sure, sorry, I'll read it verbatim, one thing I'd for sure, if you had anything to do with it, O'Brien, it would be a total waste of time.

西蒙发来消息：“有一件事是肯定的，抱歉，我样念出来：如果这事跟你奥布莱恩有关，那我敢肯定，绝对是白费工夫。”