汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 枉费心机
枉费心机 (枉費心機)
rack one's brains in vain / flog a dead horse / try in vain to
枉 In vain / In vain
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

她的谨慎只是枉费心机

Her caution was thrown away.

枉费心机地写文章诋毁这场运动。

He tried in vain to write down the movement.

应付考试光靠好记性而不用功是枉费心机

To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp at straws.