| 单词 | 白费 |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔FAIL〕It took a great deal of courage to admit that all her efforts had been in vain. 她承认自己的努力都白费了，这是需要极大勇气才能做到的。朗文写作活用〔PRAISE〕The book is a vain attempt to glorify the name of one of the worst dictators in modern history. 该书试图美化现代史上一名最残暴的独裁者，结果是白费劲。朗文写作活用〔USELESS〕All efforts to save the child proved futile. 挽救孩子生命的一切努力都白费了。朗文写作活用〔USELESS〕It's useless trying to talk to you when you've had a drink. 你喝了酒，我跟你谈白费唇舌。朗文写作活用〔WASTE〕We can't let all our hard work go to waste. 我们不能让努力白费。朗文写作活用〔WORK〕I could have told you it would be a waste of effort. 我本可以告诉你这是白费力气。朗文写作活用〔add〕She was trying to entertain us – unsuccessfully, I might add (=used to comment on what you have just said) .她想逗我们开心 — 但我说是白费力气了。朗文当代〔avail〕His efforts were to no avail.他的功夫白费了。外研社新世纪〔bang〕Trying to talk about this is like banging my head against a brick wall.我要想谈这个只能是白费口舌。外研社新世纪〔bat〕I'd like to go to bat for you on this, but it's a waste of effort.我很想就此为你辩护, 但那是白费力气。外研社新世纪〔beat a dead horse〕He keeps trying to get it published but I think he's beating a dead horse.他一个劲儿地想将其出版，但我认为他在白费力气。剑桥高阶〔beat a dead horse〕I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I still don't understand what happened.我并不是要白费唇舌，只是我还是不明白究竟发生了什么。韦氏高阶〔bother〕Why bother talking if no one is listening? 既然没人听，干吗白费口舌呢？韦氏高阶〔breath〕Don't waste your breath. He never listens to advice.不要白费口舌了，他从来不听任何劝告。牛津搭配〔breath〕He begged her to go with him, but she told him he was wasting his breath.他恳求她与他一起去，但是她叫他不要白费口舌。韦氏高阶〔breath〕It's useless talking to him－you may as well save your breath.跟他说也没用，你还是不要白费唇舌了。牛津搭配〔breath〕Save your breath. She's already made up her mind.别白费口舌了，她主意已定。朗文当代〔breath〕The tone of her voice told him he was wasting his breath.她的语气使他明白他是在白费口舌。外研社新世纪〔breath〕The tone of her voice told him he was wasting his breath.她的语气使他明白他是在白费口舌。柯林斯高阶〔dismal〕Their recent attempt to increase sales has been a dismal failure.他们最近努力提高销售量，全是白费劲。牛津高阶〔down the pan〕All my hard work went down the pan.我所有的努力都白费了。韦氏高阶〔drain〕We had to scrap everything and start again —six months' work down the drain! 我们不得不推倒一切,重新开始——6个月的工作全白费了。英汉大词典〔effort〕It takes a long time to prepare the dish but the results are so good that it's worth the effort.做这道菜很费时间，但结果大家都很爱吃，工夫真没白费。剑桥高阶〔flog a dead horse〕He keeps trying to get it published but I think he's flogging a dead horse.他一个劲儿地想将其出版，但我认为他在白费力气。剑桥高阶〔flog〕I'm not going to flog a dead horse any further.我不想再白费力气了。外研社新世纪〔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〕He sent me on a fool's errand.他派我去干白费力的事。牛津高阶〔free〕In vain he tried to free the rope around his hands.他想挣脱掉捆住他双手的绳子，结果是白费力气。剑桥高阶〔futile〕All my attempts to cheer her up proved futile.我想让她快活起来，但所有的努力都白费了。剑桥高阶〔futile〕My appeal proved futile.我的申诉白费了。牛津高阶〔futile〕The president described these activities as futile.总统把这些活动形容为白费功夫。牛津搭配〔go〕All his efforts went for nothing.他的一切努力都白费了。英汉大词典〔gut〕You can bust a gut sixteen hours a day, seven days a week, but if your product is lousy, you've wasted your time.你可以一周7天、一天16小时地拼命劳作，但是如果产品质量低劣，你就白费时间了。柯林斯高阶〔head〕I've tried to talk some sense into them, but it's like banging my head against a brick wall.我拼命劝他们，但白费气力。朗文当代〔head〕Trying to reason with them was like banging my head against a brick wall.试图和他们讲道理只是白费口舌。牛津高阶〔heaven〕I moved heaven and earth to get you onto the committee, but all efforts were in vain.我竭尽全力帮你进入委员会, 但所有的努力都白费了。外研社新世纪〔helpless〕His efforts turned out helpless.他的努力完全白费了。英汉大词典〔in some senses〕In some senses, it was a wasted effort.从某些定义上讲，这是白费力气。韦氏高阶〔introduce〕She attempted in vain to introduce some order into the classroom.她试图让课堂秩序好一些，但却白费力气。牛津搭配〔labor〕She has labored in vain to convince them to accept her proposal.她努力说服他们接受她的提议，最终是白费力气。韦氏高阶〔misdirect〕Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。牛津高阶〔misdirect〕Without well-defined goals, it is likely that efforts will be misdirected.没有明确的目标，努力很可能会白费。朗文当代〔nailing jelly to the wall〕Writing the history of this period is like nailing jelly to the wall.试图书写这一时期的历史纯属白费力气。剑桥高阶〔negate〕Efforts to expand the tourist industry could be negated by reports that the sea is highly polluted.有关海洋受到严重污染的报道可能会使拓展旅游业的努力完全白费。朗文当代〔nonsense〕This decision makes nonsense of all our hard work.这一决定使我们的全部辛劳完全白费。牛津搭配〔nothing〕All our work came to nothing. = All our work resulted in nothing.我们所做的一切都白费了。韦氏高阶〔nothing〕All that preparation was for nothing because the visit was cancelled.访问被取消，所有的准备工作都白费了。牛津高阶〔pain〕You may save your pains.你不必费心了。(或:你不必白费力气了。)英汉大词典〔pay off〕Sandra was determined to become a doctor and her persistence paid off.桑德拉一心一意要当医生, 她的坚持没有白费。外研社新世纪〔plughole〕Two years of hard work went right down the plughole.两年来的辛勤工作全都白费了。朗文当代〔pointless〕It's pointless arguing with him.和他争辩是白费口舌。剑桥高阶〔reconcile with〕All efforts to reconcile her with her husband were in vain.使她与她丈夫和解的一切努力都白费了。21世纪英汉〔reconnaissance〕Time spent on reconnaissance is seldom wasted.花在侦察上的时间很少会白费。牛津高阶〔save〕Save your breath; you can't dissuade them.别白费劲儿了；你劝阻不了他们的美国传统〔save〕Save your breath—you'll never persuade her.不用白费口舌了，你永远说服不了她。牛津高阶〔snag〕His remarks snagged all my efforts.他的几句话使我的所有努力白费了。21世纪英汉〔spin〕I felt like I was just spinning my wheels trying to make him understand.我感觉想要让他明白简直是在白费力气。朗文当代〔start〕A lot of people who lose weight gain it back over time, and end up back where they started.许多减了肥的人过一段时间又恢复了体重，结果是白费力气。朗文当代〔throw〕The advice was thrown away on him.对他的劝告白费了。英汉大词典〔tilt〕Fighting against noise in Spain is like tilting at windmills.在西班牙反对噪音简直就是白费力气。外研社新世纪〔tread〕To expend effort but make little or no progress to achievement of a goal or an end.白费力气：花了很多力气，但是对达到一个目标或目的起的作用很小美国传统〔tree〕I may be barking up the wrong tree in that neck of the woods.我在那一带也许白费精力。英汉大词典〔tube〕Theresa could see all her good work going down the tubes.特莉萨能看到自己做得好好的工作全都白费了。麦克米伦高阶〔undo〕If Michael won, he would undo everything I have fought for.如果迈克尔赢了，那我一直以来努力争取的一切都将白费。柯林斯高阶〔unproductively〕Our time was spent unproductively.我们的时间白费了。韦氏高阶〔unproductive〕Research workers are well aware that much of their time and effort is unproductive.研究工作者清楚地知道, 他们付出的大部分时间和努力都白费了。外研社新世纪〔unrewarded〕His efforts have not gone unrewarded .他的努力没有白费。朗文当代〔useless〕It's useless trying to talk to her because she never listens.想跟她说话是白费口舌，因为她从来就不听。b.麦克米伦高阶〔vainly〕I was singing in a vain effort to cheer him up.我唱歌试图让他高兴起来，结果是白费力气。柯林斯高阶〔vainly〕It became obvious that all her complaints were in vain.很明显她所有的抱怨都是白费口舌。柯林斯高阶〔vain〕Our labor was in vain.我们的劳动是白费力气美国传统〔vanity〕I didn't like to point out the vanity of their attempts to save him.我不想点破他们营救他的计划是白费力气。外研社新世纪〔view〕In my view it was a waste of time.依我看这是白费时间。牛津搭配〔wall〕I wondered if I was banging my head against a brick wall.我不知道自己是不是在白费力气。外研社新世纪〔wall〕I've tried to tell her, but it's like talking to a brick wall.我试过告诉她，但那是白费口舌。麦克米伦高阶〔waste your breath〕Honestly, you're wasting your breath - he doesn't want to hear what anyone else has got to say.说实话，你在白费唇舌——他不想听其他任何人的意见。剑桥高阶〔waste〕Don't waste your breath arguing with him.不要白费口舌和他争论了。麦克米伦高阶〔waste〕Her good advice was wasted on the children.她对孩子们的规劝是白费口舌了。朗文当代〔waste〕In the end her efforts were not entirely wasted.她的努力最终没有完全白费。牛津搭配〔waste〕It's just a waste of words (或 breath) talking to him.同他谈只是白费口舌。 英汉大词典〔waste〕My efforts were wasted.我的努力白费了。韦氏高阶〔waste〕Please pay special attention to it, or we'll waste our efforts.请格外专心去做，否则咱们的努力白费了。21世纪英汉〔waste〕So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film.如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。柯林斯高阶〔waste〕The pain of exile was terrible, but the experience was not wasted.流放带来的痛苦是巨大的,但那段经历终未白费。英汉大词典〔whistle〕The leader of the Liberal Democrats accused the Prime Minister of whistling in the wind to raise Conservative party morale.自由民主党领导人指责首相, 说他鼓舞保守党士气之举纯属白费功夫。外研社新世纪〔wild goose chase〕Harry wondered if Potts had deliberately sent him on a wild goose chase.哈里疑心波茨故意让他白费力气地瞎找一通。柯林斯高阶〔wild-goose chase〕After two hours spent wandering in the snow, I realized we were on a wild goose chase.在雪中转了两小时之后，我意识到我们是在白费力气。剑桥高阶〔window〕One glass of wine, and all my good intentions went out the window.就一杯酒，我所有的好心都白费了。朗文当代All my attempts to cheer her up proved futile.我的一切要使她快活起来的努力结果都是白费。剑桥国际All my hard work was nullified when I lost my notes.当笔记本丢失了以后，我的一切努力都白费了。剑桥国际He was really just ploughing the sand. 他不过是在白费力气。译典通Honestly, you're wasting your breath--he doesn't want to hear what anyone else has got to say.老实说，你在白费口舌----别人怎么说他也不想听。剑桥国际I've been banging my head against a brick wall, trying to get her to understand.我真是在白费力气，想让她明白是不可能的。剑桥国际In vain he tried to free the rope around his hands.他努力要松开捆住他双手的绳子，结果是白费力。剑桥国际It takes a long time to prepare the dish but the results are so good that it's worth the effort.准备这盘菜要花很长时间，但效果那么好，这些工夫也不算白费。剑桥国际The doctors’efforts to save the child were to/of no avail.医生为救这个孩子所做的努力全都白费了。剑桥国际Their efforts were not in vain. 他们的努力没白费。译典通We put tables and chairs out in the garden but it started to rain and all our efforts were in vain.我们把桌子和椅子都摆到了花园里，天却下起雨来了，因此我们的力气全都白费了。剑桥国际We went on / We were sent on a wild goose chase.我们进行了一次白费力气的搜索。剑桥国际You must take the exam—you can't throw away all that work! 你必须参加考试 ── 不能让你所有的努力都白费了！牛津商务 |
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