futile

It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.

要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的.

Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.

他们大动干戈想要控制阿富汗地区，但只持续了10年就无果而终了。

They were killed, to the last man, in a futile attack.

因为进攻失败,他们全部被杀, 无一幸免.

After months of futile labor , the scientist suddenly had a brainstorm and solved the problem.

数月努力,徒劳无功, 科学家突发奇想,问题迎刃而解.

Without microscopes and other modern equipment, attempts to teach science were futile.

没有显微镜及其他现代化的设备, 想教授自然科学是不会有成果的.

I'm sure it will turn out a futile attempt.

我肯定这会是白费功夫.

It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.

如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。

Ugly and futile: lean neck and tangled hair and a stain of ink, a snail's bed.

长得丑,而且没出息,细细的脖颈,其乱如麻的头发,一抹墨水渍, 蜗牛窝.

Scarlett's search was futile until in the orchard she found a few apples.

思嘉找来找去一无所获,后来才在果园里拾到一些苹果.

It is futile to perform roots of virtue if they are mixed with evil deeds.

行功德时,若混杂恶行,也是徒劳.

And we all know that having the answers before a test renders it futile.

我们都知道在测验之前就知道答案的话,那么这样的测验就是无效的.

Yet he knew it was futile.

但他知道那是没用的.

Soames explanied that any early revelation of the manager's dishonesty would have been futile.

索姆斯解释说,即使及早透露经理的欺骗行为也无济于事.

Man is liable to forget how small and often how futile he is.

人类往往忘记自己是多么渺小,而且常常是多么无用的.

Remember kids, resistance is futile.

记住, 反抗是徒劳的.

China tried futile a withdrawal of the troops.

中国交涉无效撤走了军队.

The north's campaign there, however, appears increasingly futile.

然而, 北方在那里的行动显得越发不足道.

He made a futile exercise.

他做了一次无效的练习.

Like many in Russia, she blamed the country'sfailings on futile attempts to catch up with the West.

像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。

She was too drained to carry on this impossible, futile war any longer.

她已经筋疲力尽了,不能再继续这场不可能的, 徒劳的战争.

My efforts were rendered futile.

我的努力全落空了.

Make us guffaw at thy futile follies.

你的愚行让我们粗声大笑.

He is a futile sort of person.

他是一个没有用的人.

Their efforts to revive him were futile.

他们对他抢救无效.

Mere personal effort is futile.

单凭个人努力是无效果的.

Being or having no beneficial use; futile or ineffective.

没任何''.'助益'. ''的; 无用的或无效的.

It is futile to learn many teachings if they do not benefit your own mind.

即使广学法教,若无益于自心,也是徒劳.

It is futile to follow a master if you always engage in misdeeds.

依止上师,却行不善业,也是徒劳.

As a whole our efforts did not prove to be futile.

总体说来,我们的努力没有白费.

Your efforts turned out futile due to incorrect methods.

因为方法不对,你的努力都是白费蜡.