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。

Each one strained every nerve to break the bundle.

每个人都使出了九牛二虎之力，花了很长时间还是徒劳无。

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

他大吼大叫，想让车停下来，但是一切都徒劳无。

The wrong decision will mean a wild-goose chase.

走错方向意味着一切将徒劳无。

Captain America started sprinting, but it was no use.

美国队长开始冲刺，但徒劳无。

I tried to stop him from smoking, but to no purpose.

我设法他不要抽烟，却徒劳无。

I retorted. My head spun around in answerless circles.

我反驳着。我的脑子徒劳无地转着。

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

对于大多数人来说，都是徒劳无的。

I shook him forcibly by the arm, and strove in vain to wake him.

我抓住他的胳膊用力摇晃他， 想叫醒他却徒劳无。

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

这些胜利提醒我们，我们并非无能为力，我们的工作也并非徒劳无。

But their swim was in vain, there doesn't appear to be any animals here to hunt.

但他们这趟泳徒劳无，这里没出现任何动物供他们捕获。

He tried to buy and destroy every copy of the article containing his blunder, but to no avail.

他试图买下并销毁每份报导他出漏子的文章，却徒劳无。

You try to remember where the silver-facing coins were, but it's hopeless. You've lost track.

你尝试回想起银面向上的钱币的所在位置，但都徒劳无。你毫无头绪了。

Most of these smokers have tried to quit smoking at least once in their lives, but in vain.

大多数的吸烟者一生中至少都有一次尝试戒烟的经验，但却徒劳无。

It's better to save our energy for things we can actually influence.

当人们试图改变一件事情 但是却徒劳无 你可以说他在barking at the moon 字面上是向月亮狂吠 barking at the moon 就是像一只狗向月亮一直吠 月亮不会有任何反应 同样的当一个人正在做徒劳无的事情 他就是在barking at the moon。

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

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

And futile as trying to change our height. And we talked about the error of the average and the mistake.

和试图改变身高一样困难和徒劳无 然后谈到这些研究学者么犯的。

But the Berthelinis exerted themselves in vain.

但是贝特林尼人徒劳无。

And, frankly, there's no point in making college more affordable for students who don't belong there in the first place.

而且，坦白来讲，让原本不属于大学的学生负担得起大学学费徒劳无。

" Wild goose chase." Think about this.

“徒劳无。”想想这个。