a futile attempt/exercise/gesture
徒然的尝试 / 练习 / 手势
牛津词典
Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。
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It would be futile to protest.
抗议也无用。
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My appeal proved futile.
我的呼吁白费了。
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[不可数名词]a sense of futility
徒劳感
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the futility of war
战争的徒然无益
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He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow...
他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。
It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.
如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。
Soames explanied that any early revelation of the manager's dishonesty would have been futile.
索姆斯解释说,即使及早透露经理的欺骗行为也无济于事.
辞典例句
It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.
要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
It is futile to follow a master if you always engage in misdeeds.
依止上师,却行不善业,也是徒劳.
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Their efforts to revive him were futile.
他们对他抢救无效.
《简明英汉词典》
He made a futile exercise.
他做了一次无效的练习.
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China tried futile a withdrawal of the troops.
中国交涉无效撤走了军队.
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Scarlett's search was futile until in the orchard she found a few apples.
思嘉找来找去一无所获,后来才在果园里拾到一些苹果.
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After months of futile labor , the scientist suddenly had a brainstorm and solved the problem.
数月努力,徒劳无功, 科学家突发奇想,问题迎刃而解.
辞典例句
As a whole our efforts did not prove to be futile.
总体说来,我们的努力没有白费.
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Make us guffaw at thy futile follies.
你的愚行让我们粗声大笑.
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It is futile to perform roots of virtue if they are mixed with evil deeds.
行功德时,若混杂恶行,也是徒劳.
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She was too drained to carry on this impossible, futile war any longer.
她已经筋疲力尽了,不能再继续这场不可能的, 徒劳的战争.
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Being or having no beneficial use; futile or ineffective.
没任何''.'助益'. ''的; 无用的或无效的.
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I'm sure it will turn out a futile attempt.
我肯定这会是白费功夫.
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It is futile to learn many teachings if they do not benefit your own mind.
即使广学法教,若无益于自心,也是徒劳.
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Your efforts turned out futile due to incorrect methods.
因为方法不对,你的努力都是白费蜡.
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Mere personal effort is futile.
单凭个人努力是无效果的.
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Yet he knew it was futile.
但他知道那是没用的.
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He is a futile sort of person.
他是一个没有用的人.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Man is liable to forget how small and often how futile he is.
人类往往忘记自己是多么渺小,而且常常是多么无用的.
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My efforts were rendered futile.
我的努力全落空了.
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Ugly and futile: lean neck and tangled hair and a stain of ink, a snail's bed.
长得丑,而且没出息,细细的脖颈,其乱如麻的头发,一抹墨水渍, 蜗牛窝.
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While the efforts are certainly not futile, the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.
2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A"a futile effort"
"the therapy was ineffectual"
"an otiose undertaking"
"an unavailing attempt"
"a fruitless search"
"futile years after her artistic peak"
"a sleeveless errand"
"a vain attempt"
