| 单词 | 徒劳 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔-walled〕I wondered if I was banging my head against a brick wall.我怀疑自己是不是在把鸡蛋往石头上碰，徒劳无益。柯林斯高阶〔FAIL〕He stretched up his arms in a vain effort to reach the top of the embankment. 他伸直了双臂徒劳地想要抓到堤岸的顶部。朗文写作活用〔FAIL〕I remembered all my vain attempts to change his mind. 我还记得如何想方设法改变他想法却徒劳无功。朗文写作活用〔PROGRESS/MAKE PROGRESS〕Not surprisingly, the peace talks got nowhere. 和平会谈徒劳无功不足为奇。朗文写作活用〔USELESS〕Wilfrid Owen's poems stress the absolute futility of war. 威尔弗里德·欧文的诗强调战争的徒劳无益。朗文写作活用〔argue with〕No use arguing with her about the matter.与她争论这件事是徒劳的。21世纪英汉〔arrive〕The moment arrived when pretence was useless.这一刻终于到了, 任何伪装都是徒劳。外研社新世纪〔avail〕All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.在企图实现一个变革中我们徒劳无功。21世纪英汉〔avail〕My attempts to improve the situation were of little/no avail.我竭力扭转局面，但是收效甚微／徒劳无功。剑桥高阶〔battle〕She tried to get him to go, but she knew she was fighting a losing battle.打一场不会赢的战斗；做可能徒劳的事麦克米伦高阶〔battle〕The crew fought a losing battle to try to restart the engines.工作人员徒劳地尝试重启发动机。外研社新世纪〔battle〕The wipers continued their losing battle with the rain.雨刮器继续徒劳地刮着雨水。外研社新世纪〔brick〕I wanted to sort out this problem with him, but it was like banging my head against a brick wall.我曾想跟他把这个问题给解决了，但结果徒劳无功。柯林斯高阶〔bridge〕Don't cross your bridge until [till, before] you come [get] to it.【谚】莫做徒劳无益的事；不要浪费时间预想些不太可能发生的困难。文馨英汉〔clutch at〕Ella stood outside, vainly trying to clutch at the door handle.埃拉站在外面, 徒劳地想要抓住门把手。外研社新世纪〔convince〕It's useless trying to convince her (that) she doesn't need to lose any weight.要让她相信她无需减肥是徒劳的。剑桥高阶〔cry〕To regret in vain what cannot be undone or rectified.无益地后悔：对未能完成或不能恢复的事情作徒劳的后悔美国传统〔despair〕To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.断念：被徒劳无功或失败打倒了美国传统〔exasperate〕The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.一切徒劳无功, 这让她十分恼火。外研社新世纪〔expostulation〕All his expostulations proved futile.他的一切忠告结果都是徒劳。英汉大词典〔fool's errand〕A fruitless mission or undertaking.白费工夫：徒劳而没有收获的任务或使命美国传统〔fool's errand〕It's a fool's errand trying to get Lena to join in anything.想拉蕾娜参加什么活动根本就是徒劳。剑桥高阶〔fool's gold〕The British establishment seems to be off on another quest for fool's gold.这家英国机构似乎开始了又一次徒劳无功的探索。柯林斯高阶〔fruitless〕It would be fruitless to continue.坚持下去将是徒劳的。韦氏高阶〔futile〕All our efforts proved futile.我们所有的努力都证明是徒劳无果的。韦氏高阶〔futile〕Efforts to convince him were futile.试图说服他纯属徒劳。英汉大词典〔futile〕Having no useful result.无用的，徒劳的美国传统〔futile〕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。柯林斯高阶〔futile〕Resistance is futile.抵抗是徒劳的。外研社新世纪〔futile〕The peace talks have proved futile.和平谈判证明是徒劳的。麦克米伦高阶〔futile〕Their attempts were impressive but ultimately futile.他们的努力让人印象深刻，但终归徒劳无益。牛津搭配〔futilitarian〕Holding or based on the view that human endeavor is futile.徒劳的：持人之努力皆属徒劳无益观点的或以此观点为基础的美国传统〔get round〕It's no use trying to get round paying the income tax!试图避免交个人所得税是徒劳的!21世纪英汉〔give up〕After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。柯林斯高阶〔hopeless〕Getting your work published often seems a hopeless task .想让自己的作品出版似乎总是徒劳的。朗文当代〔horse〕To continue to pursue a cause that has no hope of success.徒劳：继续做一件毫无成功希望的事情美国传统〔idle〕It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.佯称这个系统完美无缺是徒劳的。外研社新世纪〔impervious〕The political system there has been impervious to all suggestions of change.所有变革建议对那里的政治体系而言都是徒劳。外研社新世纪〔in vain〕He tried in vain to get the baby to sleep.他努力想哄宝宝入睡，却是徒劳一场。韦氏高阶〔indoors〕The Army makes futile attempts to scare the people back indoors.陆军徒劳地想把人们吓回户内。英汉大词典〔ineffectually〕The machine gun rattled again ineffectually.机枪又徒劳无益地响起来。外研社新世纪〔jack〕The man tries hard to jack the car,but to no avail.那个男人努力想把汽车顶起来，但他的努力却是徒劳的。21世纪英汉〔kick〕It's no use trying to kick against the rules.试图反抗规定是徒劳的。 英汉大词典〔lead〕All his months of hard work had led nowhere.他几个月以来的辛苦工作都是徒劳。麦克米伦高阶〔milk〕It's no use crying over spilt milk!覆水难收, 后悔也徒劳！外研社新世纪〔mock〕To imitate; counterfeit.使徒劳美国传统〔naught〕All our efforts were for naught.我们的一切努力都是徒劳。剑桥高阶〔nix〕All that effort for nix.那一切努力都是徒劳。剑桥高阶〔no-good〕It is no-good to argue.争论是徒劳的。英汉大词典〔pace around〕I spent several hours pacing around uselessly.我有几个钟头在徒劳地走来走去。外研社新世纪〔persuade〕It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent.试图让他相信你无辜是徒劳的。剑桥高阶〔pickings〕We learnt fast that there was no future in hanging around British, Swedish, or German boats. No pickings there.我们很快就意识到在英国人、瑞典人和德国人的船上闲荡是徒劳的。那里没有什么好处可捞。外研社新世纪〔profit〕There's no profit to be gained from endlessly discussing whose fault it was.没完没了地讨论谁是谁非是徒劳无益的。剑桥高阶〔purpose〕It was all to no purpose.这完全徒劳无益。外研社新世纪〔purpose〕With few or no results.几乎徒劳的，少有成效地美国传统〔reason out〕There was no point in trying to reason this out.试图解决这个问题的一切努力都是徒劳的。外研社新世纪〔reinstatement〕Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.父母们呼吁给她复职，但结果却只是徒劳。柯林斯高阶〔seek〕We sought in vain for a solution.我们想找个解决办法，却是徒劳无功。牛津搭配〔shift〕It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder onto somebody else.企图把谋杀罪责转嫁给他人, 这是徒劳的。外研社新世纪〔shift〕It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else.试图将谋杀的罪责转嫁给他人是徒劳的。柯林斯高阶〔snipe hunt〕A futile search or endeavor.徒劳无功：无功而返的找寻或努力美国传统〔soap〕Unsuccessful; futile.不成功的；徒劳的美国传统〔spin〕But the more able students spent most of the year spinning their wheels.但能力更强的学生花了大半年的时间, 却徒劳无功。外研社新世纪〔spin〕To expend effort with no result.徒劳无益美国传统〔try〕I tried hard but in vain.我非常努力但是徒劳。文馨英汉〔turn ... out〕It will turn out a futile attempt.这会是徒劳无益的。21世纪英汉〔unavailing〕Diplomatic efforts at peace-making have so far proved unavailing.调停争端的外交努力到目前为止被证明是徒劳的。剑桥高阶〔unavailing〕Efforts to reach the people named in the report proved unavailing.联系过报告中所提到的那些人，但都徒劳无功。柯林斯高阶〔unavailing〕He died after a brave but unavailing fight against a terminal illness.在与绝症进行了一番勇敢但却徒劳的抗争之后，他还是去世了。柯林斯高阶〔unavailing〕He died after a brave but unavailing fight against a terminal illness.在与绝症进行了一番勇敢却徒劳的抗争之后, 他去世了。外研社新世纪〔unease〕He looked in vain for the source of his unease.他试图找出自己焦虑不安的缘由，但徒劳无果。牛津搭配〔unproductive〕It was such an unproductive meeting - we didn't make a single decision.这是场徒劳无功的会议——我们连一项决议也没有做出。剑桥高阶〔unproductive〕It's unproductive to waste time arguing.浪费时间争论是徒劳的。韦氏高阶〔unprofitable〕It would be unprofitable to pursue this argument any further.这个争论再继续下去亦是徒劳。朗文当代〔unprofitable〕There was little point in continuing so unprofitable a dialogue.继续这种徒劳无益的对话没有什么意义。英汉大词典〔useless〕It's useless trying to change her mind. = It's useless to try to change her mind.要改变她的想法根本就是徒劳。韦氏高阶〔vainly〕He shouted after them, vainly trying to attract their attention.他在他们的后面高喊，想引起他们的注意，却是徒劳。牛津高阶〔vainly〕Volunteers vainly searched for clues.志愿者们到处搜寻线索，却是徒劳。韦氏高阶〔vain〕All the police's efforts to find him were in vain.警方竭力想要找到他，但所有努力终是徒劳。剑桥高阶〔vain〕He underwent a knee operation in the vain hope of getting into the team.他进行了膝盖手术，徒劳地指望能进入该队。麦克米伦高阶〔wild goose chase〕The boss sent me on a wild goose chase that wasted half the day.老板派我去进行徒劳的调查，结果只是浪费了半天的时间。韦氏高阶〔wild-goose chase〕A futile pursuit or search.白费力气的追逐，徒劳的搜寻美国传统〔wind〕Futile or idle labor or thought.徒劳，空想：无用的或徒然的劳动或想法美国传统〔wish〕It's no use wishing for the impossible.企求不可能的事情是徒劳无益的。牛津高阶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。译典通All that effort for nix (= nothing).徒劳，一场白辛苦。剑桥国际All their efforts seemed helpless. 他们的一切努力似乎是徒劳的。译典通Diplomatic efforts at peace-making have so far proved unavailing.寻求和平的外交努力至今为止证明是徒劳的。剑桥国际For years she had been fruitlessly searching for a company to sponsor her research.几年来，她一直在徒劳地寻找一家公司赞助她的研究项目。剑桥国际His efforts to woo her to his side proved fruitless. 他试图说服她站到自己一边的努力徒劳无功。译典通It turned out to be a wild-goose chase. 结果证明这只不过是一场徒劳。译典通It would be idle to try to make him change his mind. 想使他改变主意是徒劳的。译典通It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent. [+ obj + (that) clause] 让他相信你无辜是徒劳。剑桥国际It's useless trying to convince her (that) she doesn't need to lose any weight. [+ obj + (that) clause] 要说服她无需减肥是徒劳的。剑桥国际Plainly, it is futile to try to persuade her.很清楚，劝说她是徒劳。剑桥国际Speeches and protests were of no avail. 演讲和抗议全都徒劳。译典通The community leaders called the attacks ‘vain and futile’.社区领导们称那些攻击都是“无效徒劳的”。剑桥国际The doctors are giving him more powerful drugs in the vain hope that he might recover.医生们在给他增强药力，徒劳地指望他能够恢复。剑桥国际They worked without result. 他们徒劳无功。译典通We tried vainly to discover what had happened. 我们设法想要弄清楚发生了什么事，但却徒劳。译典通 |
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