English translation for "徒劳无功"

[ túláowúgōng ] 
prove futile; beat the air; be a wasted effort; burn daylight; carry coals to new castle; catch shadows; catch the wind in a net; come to naught; draw water in [with] a sieve; end in smoke; fish in the air; flog a dead horse; hold a candle to the sun; labor to no purpose; make a futile effort; make useless trouble; milk a hegoat; much ado about nothing; not to succeed after trying hard; paint the lily; plough [sow] the sands; plow the wave; use [exert] vain efforts; wasted effort; work in vain; work to no avail

Related Translations:

有关徒劳无功:  about futility

徒劳无功的工作:  fool's errand

作徒劳无功的事:  make ropes of sand

致一位徒劳无功的朋友:  to a friend whose work has come to nothing

Example Sentences:

	1.	It is aimless to cast water into the sea . 投杯水于大海，徒劳无功。
	2.	Her efforts were all useless . 她的努力全部徒劳无功。
	3.	I had been stalling the diplomacy for nothing . 我在外交上所进行的拖延其实是徒劳无功的。
	4.	It was the cold of his errand, a foot's errand . 这是因为这趟奔走肯定徒劳无功而感到发冷吧。
	5.	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。
	6.	They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain 他们尽量使她快乐,却徒劳无功
	7.	They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain 他们尽量使她快乐,却徒劳无功
	8.	How it could be now or 4 ) might have been 想象我们现在会怎样或可能会怎样也是徒劳无功。
	9.	Revising the procedure was an entirely profitless exercise 对程序进行修改是徒劳无功的
	10.	And so it is an exercise in futility 因此，那一切根本是徒劳无功之举。

Similar Words：

"徒劳等候" English translation, "徒劳地" English translation, "徒劳念静" English translation, "徒劳祈祷之戒" English translation, "徒劳往返" English translation, "徒劳无功，白费功夫" English translation, "徒劳无功的，白费力气的" English translation, "徒劳无功的工作" English translation, "徒劳无益" English translation, "徒劳无益。如：" English translation