工夫

We made a vain attempt to make him change his mind.

我们想让他改变主意，但都是白费工夫。

I went so far with it in my imagination, that I employ'd my self several days to find out proper places to put my self in ambuscade, as I said, to watch for them; and I went frequently to the place it self, which was now grown more familiar to me

我对这个计划简直着了迷，竟费了好几天的工夫去寻找适当的埋伏地点。我还常到他们吃人的地点去察看，所以对那儿地势已了如指掌。

Chapter V is intended to indicate the "Lao Zi" annotator in Qing Dynasty of "health" as their purpose, by the emptiness and quiet of inherent mind and the adjustment of breath, guiding people to raise the survival of life, and even achieve the effect of condensate Dan and immortal.

第五章〈修心养气的工夫论述〉，旨在说明清代老子注家以「养生」为宗旨，诠释《道德经》中归根复命、体道得道的论述，藉由内在心灵的冲虚静定与身内气息的调养，引导人们养生存寿，甚至达致凝丹成仙之效用。

When they arri ved on land the elder went on his way.

下午和她在一起，觉得时间过的居然那么快，眨眼工夫就过去了几个小时。

Unknown to many tourists, Parc Monceau is located in the 8th arrondissement that has little around it that would be considered touristy, so you would need to make a tiny effort to get here.

对很多游客来说，蒙梭公园还很陌生，它坐落于第八区，周围也少有旅游景点，因此想要去那里还是得花一些工夫的。

Blair:As long as he knows his arse from his asenal,I think he's aces.

只要他知道他的工夫到家，我想他是一流的。

In realistic world, human being's all kinds of natural gift and artificiality, such as instinct and comprehension, are negative existence and would be excluded in the practice process of self-cultivation.

在现实世界中，人种种的天然禀赋和人为造作，物性的、知解的等等，在修养工夫的实践过程中，它们都是负面的存在，都是被排抑的。

Over a cup of tea or after a meal -- at one's leisure; in leisure moments; at one's sparetime

明·汤显祖《牡丹亭·训女》："从今后茶余饭饱破工夫，玉镜台前插架书。"

Ibm company is always at the cutting edge of computer industry.

我可没工夫生这份儿闲气。2.IBM公司一直处于电脑行业的前沿。

The great statue , which was designed By the sculptor auguste Bartholde, took ten years to complete.

这座巨大的雕像是雕刻家奥古斯·巴托尔德设计的，花了十年的工夫完成的。

I am accused of being overreligious," she said in her quiet, frank manner,"but that does not prevent me thinking the children very cruel who obstinately commit such suicide.""

客人们在卡罗利娜·埃凯家里，举止就文雅一些，因为卡罗利娜的母亲治家很严厉。

Designed by French fashion house Herm è s, this elegant uniform was manufactured in our home, Hong Kong, and was the first without a hat.

由著名品牌 Herm è s 设计，这件高贵的制服是香港本土制造，是我们第一套不配帽子的制服。