| 1. | My dear boys, it was no good bothering .
我亲爱的伙计们，一味的烦恼是徒劳无益的。 |
| 2. | It was a vain effort .
这种努力是徒劳无益的。 |
| 3. | Roosevelt was reluctant to undertake the thankless task .
罗斯福不大愿意承担这种徒劳无益的任务。 |
| 4. | What happened happened, and it was no good kicking against the pricks .
既来之，则安之，再挣扎也徒劳无益。 |
| 5. | What troubled him most was the uselessness of fanny's effort .
他想的最多的还是范妮在绘画上徒劳无益的努力。 |
| 6. | The debate whether a virus is living or nonliving leads nowhere .
争论病毒是生物体还是非生物体是徒劳无益的。 |
| 7. | The years of ineffectual service count big in the bestowal of rewards .
几年徒劳无益的服务，在论功行赏时就大有关系。 |
| 8. | It had been useless to run, as the nearest cover was far beyond reach .
这时要逃也徒劳无益了，离得最近的藏身处也远不可及。 |
| 9. | Economic planners fumbled ineffectually with agricultural and industrial programs .
经济计划制订人徒劳无益地在摸索农业和工业规划。 |
| 10. | The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character .
世界上最徒劳无益的事情，也许就是企图给性格下个正确的定义。 |
