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撒网捕风，徒劳无功。The wind cannot be caught in net.

我尝试了多次，都徒劳无功。I made many attempts, all in vain.

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撒网捕风徒劳无功。The wind cannot be caught in a net.

我们徒劳无功的浪费了一整天。We wasted all day on a wild-goose chase.

可是，二趾蟾蜍徒劳无功。But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.

投杯水于大海，徒劳无功。It is aimless to cast water into the sea.

先生，企图使事态减轻是徒劳无功的。It is in vain, sir, extenuate the matter.

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所以我开始在网上查找，也是徒劳无功。So I started looking online, also in vain.

海岸警卫队的队员，无论怎样劝说都徒劳无功。All the entreating of the coast guard was in vain.

为改变而改变是愚蠢而徒劳无功的。Change for change's sake is stupid and enervating.

这样做无疑像要驯服火山一样徒劳无功。This would be as futile as trying to tame a volcano.

在企图实现一个变革中我们徒劳无功。All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.

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笼子哩的鸟拍打着翅膀想飞走，但却徒劳无功。The caged bird flapped its wings in a vain attempt to fly away.

在一项调查的过程中，有时也许产生徒劳无功的结果。Wild-goose chases may happen sometimes during an investigation.

卡尔扎伊则表示这一刺杀事件表明和平的努力是徒劳无功的。Karzai has cited the killing as a reason why peace efforts are futile.

环境的问题可能在于让人感觉徒劳无功、不健康或是太勾心斗角等等。The environment can be stultifying, unhealthy, too political and so on.

这好像你向一只蚂蚁解释什么是电子网络一样，徒劳无功！It would be like trying to describe the Internet to an ant. It's futile.

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但你要做好心理准备，因为这通常是漫长而且徒劳无功的过程。Be forewarned, however, that this can be a slow and often futile process.

在仲夏，它可以热和渔业等，所以，就好像它是徒劳无功。In mid-summer, it can be hot and the fishing so-so , just like it is anywhere.

人体工学专家多年来一直在指示笔记本电脑的问题，但是时常是徒劳无功。Ergonomics experts have warned about laptop problems for years--mostly in vain.