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

物们徒劳地在陷阱和罗网中挣扎。

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.

最后堕落为一头凶猛的野兽，用暴力抢夺想要的东西，然后死于徒劳地企图得到已永远无法得到的东西——一颗人心。

Did you get my message cause I looked in vain.

你收到我的消息了吗，因为我在徒劳地查看。

Sometimes, studying English can feel like you're studying in vain, right?

有时候，学习英语会觉得你在徒劳地学习。

Sally didn't like that idea at all, but she objected in vain.

萨莉一点也不接受那个想法，但她只能徒劳地反对。

I moved my lips and gesticulated frantically without result.

于是，我试着移自己的嘴唇，并且疯狂而徒劳地进行模仿。

His shoulders hunched uselessly against the smell of oranges and then jerked spasmodically.

耸起膀徒劳地抵抗柳橙的味道，接着痉挛地猛然一抽。

In the end, I'm afraid we've only given the deck a shuffle.

最后 似乎只是在徒劳地洗牌。

Parents tend to be so shocked by this, they force the child into fruitless denials.

父母往往对此感到震惊，们会徒劳地强迫孩子否认。

Let Charlie see you haven't kidnapped me, and lead this James on a wild-goose chase.

让查理看到你没有绑架我，还有让那个詹姆斯徒劳地四处搜素。

Oh, high aspiring, rainbowed jet! —that one strivest, this one jettest all in vain!

啊，高耸如虹的喷水！——那一个在竭力挣扎，这一个在徒劳地喷水！

In 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche reimagined a story in which Diogenes went into the Athenian marketplace with a lantern, searching in vain for a single honest person.

1882年，尼采（Friedrich Nietzsche）重现了一个故事，第欧根尼（Diogenes）带着灯笼进入雅典市场，徒劳地寻找一个诚实的人。

He wielded a halberd and tried in vain to defend his position, but he was too weak and inexperienced to pose a real threat to one ronin, let alone dozens of them.

着戟，徒劳地试图捍卫自己的位置，但太软弱并缺乏经验，无法对一个浪人构成真正的威胁，更不用说几十个浪人了。

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.

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

One very hot summer, when all the springs and brooks were dry, a fox looked about all day in vain for water to drink.

在一个炎热的夏天，当所有的泉水和小溪都干涸了，一只狐狸终日徒劳地到处找水喝。

In vain I put in " When was it-in what year was it that you heard that Mr Peter was the Great Lama? "

我徒劳地插嘴问道：“你是什么时候——在哪一年听说彼得先生是大喇嘛的？”

Nearly Headless Nick tried vainly to recapture his audience, but gave up as Sir Patrick's head went sailing past him to loud cheers.

差点没头的尼克徒劳地试图重新抓住观众，可是帕特里克先生的脑袋在一片欢呼声中从身边飞过，只好败下阵来。

In vain Mrs. Chester alluded to her 'charming novel', and the Misses Chester introduced parties, picnics, the opera, and the fashions.

切斯特太太徒劳地随便提起她那本“迷人的小说”，切斯特家的姑娘们介绍着会、野餐、歌剧和时尚的情况。

At night, multicoloured lights flash from shopfront windows in a futile effort to brighten the atmosphere.

到了晚上，店面橱窗中闪烁着的五颜六色的彩灯徒劳地烘托着氛围。

I don't know. This is all starting to feel like a sad attempt to recapture our youth.

我不知道，这一切都开始让我觉得我们是在伤感而徒劳地回顾我们的青春。