1.
All their efforts were vain.
他们的一切努力都徒然无功。
2.
He tried everything to impress her to no avail.
他试了各种方法去加深她的印象都徒然无功。
3.
It is aimless to cast water into the sea.
投杯水于大海，徒劳无功。
4.
I digged for gold in vain.
我掘地寻金但徒劳无功。
5.
The wind cannot be caught in net.
撒网捕风,徒劳无功。
6.
While I was still vainly trying to establish order I heard a frightful yelling.
我正在徒劳无功地维持秩序，忽然听到一声可怕的喊叫。
7.
Futile or idle labor or thought.
徒劳，空想无用的或徒然的劳动或想法
8.
"as for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;"
我实在徒然洁净了我的心，徒然洗手表明无辜。
9.
But this attempt of his will certainly prove futile, if it is only a subterfuge and means no real change in policy.
但是如果只是形式上的欺骗而无政策上的改变，他的这一企图必然徒劳无功。
10.
All his efforts avail him nothing.
他的一切努力对他都无用。(他徒劳无功。)
11.
Thou raisest thy waves vainly to follow the lover，O sea，thou lonely bride of thy storm.
海啊，你这暴风雨寂寞的新娘啊，你虽然卷起波浪去追随你的情人，却徒劳无功。
12.
Revising the procedure was an entirely profitless exercise.
对程序进行修改是徒劳无功的.
13.
To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.
断念被徒劳无功或失败打倒了
14.
You become a spiritual tourist,bustling about and never getting anywhere.
你便成了求道的观光客，忙得徒劳无功。
15.
And so it is an exercise in futility .
因此，那一切根本是徒劳无功之举。
16.
All our efforts were mockeries.
我们的一切努力都徒劳无功。
17.
They endeavored to make her happy but in vain.
他们尽量使她快乐，却徒劳无功。
18.
They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.
他们尽量使她快乐, 却徒劳无功.