汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 無功而返
無功而返 (无功而返)
to return without any achievement (idiom); to go home with one's tail between one's legs
() wú gōng ér fǎn
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我们辛辛苦苦跟踪他,却无功而返

Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing.

马刺最后时刻的反扑也告无功而返,被迫缴械投降。

The last time the Spurs have been nothing back, was forced to surrender.

比赛的第72分钟,重庆力帆的一次进攻再次无功而返

The competition's 72nd minute, a Chongqing Lifan's attack idle work returns once more.

与这样的人体岩石对抗,瑞典的骑兵攻击波最终只能无功而返

Against this human rock the waves of Swedish horsemen thundered in vain.

许多讨论之所以无功而返,在于缺乏对审美存在的超实体性的认识。

Many were proved fruitless, originates from the ill perception for super-substance of aesthetic being.

但是,乐天市场开拓日本市场时的无功而返,却不会在别的市场上同样碌碌无为。

But the inefficiencies that Rakuten exploited in the Japanese market do not exist to the same extent elsewhere.

根据前两次在斯瓦特的军事进攻推断,这次行动同样可能无功而返

On the evidence of two previous offensives in Swat, this may achieve nothing good.

想找到带有“免耕”标志食物的消费者看来要无功而返了,至少目前是这样。

Alas, shoppers look in vain for "no till" labels on their food-at least so far.

记录下该时刻发生的背景细节——曾经我就尝试过重温一个笔记结果无功而返

Record Contextual Details About the Moment - There have been times when I've attempted to review a note to no avail.

无论李冰如何努力,一次次都无功而返,无奈之下李冰只得不甘心地收回了探查术,心中轻叹一声。

No material how Li Bing make excellent effort, a times all have no accomplishment but return, helpless had to loath nature to take back to fish for Shu under Li Bing, lightly sigh 1 in the heart.