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

他满怀好意，花不少时间， 到头来徒无功。

The stronger the will, the more futile the task.

这种意志越是强烈，这种尝试越是徒。

In the long run it may be futile, too.

从长远来看，也有可能是徒的。

Shoot, you demented vessel! Shower your futile shells!

“打吧，发疯的船！把你那些没的炮弹都打出来吧！

Like our futile struggle for perfection.

就好像我对完美的徒追逐。

As John McCain recently reminded us, no Just Cause is futile even if it's lost what matters.

正义的信念即使迷失，也永不会脆弱。

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.

试图复的设计是徒的。所以我采己独特的方式。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。

Nostalgia was lazy, futile. What he felt was that his will had been broken and replaced by simple anger.

怀旧是懒惰、徒的。他觉得己的意志被摧毁，取而代之的只有愤怒。

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

对于大多数人来说，都是徒无功的。

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，暴力抢夺他想要的东西，然后死于徒地企图得到他已永远无法得到的东西——一颗人心。

They wasted their lives in a futile search until they died of old age, and so will you! Ha ha!

他的一生都浪费在这无效的搜索上，直到衰老至死，你也一样！

Voting for that candidate would be futile as he did not win the nominating election.

投票给那个候选人是徒的，因为他没有赢得提名选举。

But when the disease is spreading in the community, that becomes futile.

但是当疾病在社区传播时，这些举措就发挥不多少作。

And now with the burden of faded futile flowers I wait and linger.

如今落红遍地，我却等待而又留连。

There's so many players in her home country that competing on brand is futile.

在家乡，竞争者众多，品牌竞争已无意义。

Futile. Although, I think I witnessed the teacher having an existential crisis.

失败告终。我看那个老师已经觉得己没有存在的意义。

She recalled a futile attempt to communicate with another student on campus recently.

回忆起最近在校园里试图与另一名学生沟通的失败尝试。

We've got Stephen King being like being a luddite is futile.

斯蒂芬·金就说过“做卢德主义者是徒的”。

The victories are reminders that we are not powerless, and our work is not futile.

这些胜利提醒我，我并非无能为力，我的工作也并非徒无功。

The journalists need to justify their huge expenses for a futile non-event.

记者需要给这趟无无功之行的巨额开销找个理由。