a futile attempt/exercise/gesture
徒然的嘗試 / 練習(xí) / 手勢
牛津詞典
Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他們努力使他蘇醒，但失敗了。
牛津詞典
It would be futile to protest.
抗議也無用。
牛津詞典
My appeal proved futile.
我的呼吁白費(fèi)了。
牛津詞典
[不可數(shù)名詞]a sense of futility
徒勞感
牛津詞典
the futility of war
戰(zhàn)爭的徒然無益
牛津詞典
He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
他揚(yáng)起胳膊徒勞地想要擋住這一拳。
It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
如果沒有任何好轉(zhuǎn)的機(jī)會，繼續(xù)維持他的生命也是無益的。
Soames explanied that any early revelation of the manager's dishonesty would have been futile.
索姆斯解釋說,即使及早透露經(jīng)理的欺騙行為也無濟(jì)于事.
辭典例句
It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
要想阻止歷史潮流是徒勞的.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
It is futile to follow a master if you always engage in misdeeds.
依止上師,卻行不善業(yè),也是徒勞.
期刊摘選
Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他們對他搶救無效.
《簡明英漢詞典》
He made a futile exercise.
他做了一次無效的練習(xí).
期刊摘選
China tried futile a withdrawal of the troops.
中國交涉無效撤走了軍隊.
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Scarlett's search was futile until in the orchard she found a few apples.
思嘉找來找去一無所獲,后來才在果園里拾到一些蘋果.
飄（部分）
After months of futile labor , the scientist suddenly had a brainstorm and solved the problem.
數(shù)月努力,徒勞無功, 科學(xué)家突發(fā)奇想,問題迎刃而解.
辭典例句
As a whole our efforts did not prove to be futile.
總體說來,我們的努力沒有白費(fèi).
期刊摘選
Make us guffaw at thy futile follies.
你的愚行讓我們粗聲大笑.
期刊摘選
It is futile to perform roots of virtue if they are mixed with evil deeds.
行功德時,若混雜惡行,也是徒勞.
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She was too drained to carry on this impossible, futile war any longer.
她已經(jīng)筋疲力盡了,不能再繼續(xù)這場不可能的, 徒勞的戰(zhàn)爭.
期刊摘選
Being or having no beneficial use; futile or ineffective.
沒任何''.'助益'. ''的; 無用的或無效的.
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I'm sure it will turn out a futile attempt.
我肯定這會是白費(fèi)功夫.
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It is futile to learn many teachings if they do not benefit your own mind.
即使廣學(xué)法教,若無益于自心,也是徒勞.
期刊摘選
Your efforts turned out futile due to incorrect methods.
因為方法不對,你的努力都是白費(fèi)蠟.
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Mere personal effort is futile.
單憑個人努力是無效果的.
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Yet he knew it was futile.
但他知道那是沒用的.
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He is a futile sort of person.
他是一個沒有用的人.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
Man is liable to forget how small and often how futile he is.
人類往往忘記自己是多么渺小,而且常常是多么無用的.
期刊摘選
My efforts were rendered futile.
我的努力全落空了.
辭典例句
Ugly and futile: lean neck and tangled hair and a stain of ink, a snail's bed.
長得丑,而且沒出息,細(xì)細(xì)的脖頸,其亂如麻的頭發(fā),一抹墨水漬, 蝸牛窩.
期刊摘選
While the efforts are certainly not futile, the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.
2017年12月六級真題（第三套）閱讀 Section A"a futile effort"
"the therapy was ineffectual"
"an otiose undertaking"
"an unavailing attempt"
"a fruitless search"
"futile years after her artistic peak"
"a sleeveless errand"
"a vain attempt"
