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他停在门口，徒然地等着她跟自己打招呼。 He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence. | ||
我敲门敲得很响，希望有人应声，却是徒然。 I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer. | ||
那就让爱的愁眼，徒然地因着盼望而流泪。 Then let the sad eyes of love vainly watch and weep. | ||
于是他出发前往弗吉尼亚，徒然地希望这会是一次平静的引退。 He then set out for Virginia for what he vainly hoped would be a peaceful retirement. | ||
他怀着她能改善自己健康的徒然希望娶了第4个妻子苏珊。 He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health. | ||
不要企图把原已被筛除的人拉进来，因为那徒然是浪费时间而已。 Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. | ||
但先前的日子要归徒然,因为他在离俗之间被玷污了. The previous days do not count, because he became defiled during his separation. | ||
甚愿你们中间有一人关上殿门，免得你们徒然在我坛上烧火。 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. | ||
他渴望藉著自己的工作，证明信靠上帝的供应并非徒然，上帝的话是可靠的。 He desired to prove through his work that it was not a vain thing to trust God for provisions and that God could be taken at his word. | ||
幸好，詹宁斯太太和埃丽诺的好奇并非徒然，斯蒂尔小姐根本不用问，什么话都愿意说。不然的话，她们从别人嘴里是听不到这些话的。 It was lucky, however, for Mrs. Jennings's curiosity and Elinor's too, that she would tell any thing WITHOUT being asked; for nothing wouldotherwise have been learnt. | ||
