徒劳的

It was in vain that the old lady asked her if she was aware she was speaking to Miss Pinkerton.

那位老妇人问她是否意识到她是在同Pinkerton 小姐讲话，但这是徒劳的。

He also finds plowing a futile practice.

他还认为春耕生产是徒劳的做法。

Therefore this Sacrament requires faith, and is used in vain without faith.

因此，这圣礼需要信念，是用来在徒劳的，没有信仰。

It is unproductive self-punishment.

自我惩罚是徒劳的。

St. Bernard pleaded for them, but in vain.

圣伯纳德恳求他们，但都是徒劳的。

However it was to no avail.

然而一切都是徒劳的。

To frustrate is to cause to be completely unavailing

Frustrate 是使…完全徒劳的

It is futile to attempt to convince him that certain things are simply undoable.

这是徒劳的企图说服他，有些事情只是

In the main, labour has taken the view that resistance to technical change is unfruitful.

工人们主要持有这样一种观点，即对抗技术变化是徒劳的。

He tried to varnish over the facts, but it was useless.

他想粉饰事实，但那是徒劳的。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。