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She tried in a vain attempt to whistle, but her lips were too cold and dry.

她徒劳地试着吹口哨，但她的嘴唇太冷太干燥了。

In spite of you using the best make-up,it is a vain attempt.

尽管使用最好的化妆品，也已于事无补。

Across the city in a vain attempt to find their lost son.

他们在全城徒劳奔波，无法找到失去的孩子。

They embarked on a wild goose chase across the city in a vain attempt to find their lost son.

他们在全城徒劳奔波，无法找到失去的孩子。

These four men offered nothing but a vain attempt at utopia in this life and no promise of life hereafter.

这四个人只带给人虚空的盼望，一个虚假的乌托邦国度，而不是死后生命的应许。

Those without umbrellas had covered their heads with plastic bags, towels and books in a vain attempt to stay dry.

那些没有伞的人把塑料袋，毛巾和书盖在头上，其实没用的。

She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.

她紧闭双眼，却无法忍住眼泪。

Being a rather vain man, he complained in "The Fairy Tale of My Life," one of three autobiographies he wrote, that people were not interested in his "serious" writing.

安徒生是个颇为自命不凡的人，在他所著的三本自传之一的《偶童话般的人生》一书中，他抱怨人们对他&严厉&的作品不感爱好。

But, as always, there are two sides to every story, so we will watch closely to see what fairy tales the EC concocts in a vain attempt to debunk the long-held beliefs of the former CEO of MySQL, the unequivocal statement of the CEO of Ingres,***the open-source record itself***,***the public-record status of the MySQL code***, and the unbiased and blistering opinion of Gartner distinguished analyst Feinberg, all of which indicate that--at least in this case--the EC couldn't ***find its own backside*** with two hands, a flashlight, and a map.

但正如往常一样，每个故事都有两个方面，所以我们会密切关注欧盟委员会怎样自圆其说，怎样徒劳无功地驳斥MySQL前首席执行官长期所持的看法、Ingres首席执行官意思明确的言论、***开源记录本身***、***MySQL代码的公共记录身份***，还有Gartner知名分析师Feinberg客观而尖锐的观点，这一切无不表明：欧盟委员会无法凭借双手、手电筒和地图就能***找到自己的屁股/后背？***，至少在这起案子中是这样。

But the revised criminal law is too rigid in the amount of the fine and the execution of the fine that restricted the rationality of fine punishment and the feasibility of execution to a certain degree, which results in the difficulties of execution of the law, vain judgment and low rate of the execution of the law.

但是修订后的刑法在罚金刑的数额、罚金刑的执行等方面规定过于原则，在一定程度上制约着罚金刑的科学性和执行的可行性，导致司法实践中出现了罚金刑执行难，空判多，执结率低等现象。

Neither the killing of Mr Zarqawi nor any breakthrough on the political front will stop the insurgency and the fratricidal murders in their tracks.

在对危险的南部地区访问时，他斥责什叶派民兵领导人对中央集权的挑衅行为。

In fact,I've got him on the satellite mobile right now.

实际上 我们已接通卫星可视电话了