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撒网捕风徒劳无功。 The wind cannot be caught in a net. | ||
不久前，我寻找它，却徒劳无功。 Erewhile I sought it, and sued in vain. | ||
我们努力想让这只麋鹿舒服一些却徒劳无功。 The group tried to make the elk more comfortable but to no avail. | ||
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. | ||
他宣称自己无罪，却徒劳无功；他没有更好的回答就被解雇了。 In vain he declared his innocence; he was dismissed with no better answer. | ||
和西西弗斯一样，巨石费力地向上滚动，结果又滚了下来，徒劳无功。 As with Sisyphus, the boulder was painstakingly rolled upwards only to tumble back down again in an absurd exercise of futility. | ||
我们在这里劝您悬崖勒马，过量奢侈求某种不必要的东西，就是事倍功半，徒劳无功。 We advise you to rein in excessive luxury here, for some unnecessary things, is wasted effort, prove futile. | ||
钢琴踏板在僵硬地、机械地上下移动，这是一种疯狂的、徒劳无功的运动，像花了二十六年时间堆起来的一堆大粪，不过却是准时完工的。 The pedal is moving up and down, stiffly, automatically, a crazy, futile movement, like a tower of dung that takes twenty seven years to build but keeps perfect time. | ||
