徒劳无功

For three thousand years the history of dynasties was trapped in a circle of vainness. Like Sisyphus who pushes the stone uphill but never reaches the mountain top, we had to keep tearing down and rebuilding, never meeting the dawn of modern civilization.

三千年王朝历史陷入徒劳无功的循环，犹如西西斐斯推石上山，我们不得不不断地推倒重来，始终到达不了山顶，见不到现代文明的曙光。

I hope this isn't another wild-goose chase, Butler,' he said, his voice soft and clipped .' Especially after Cairo .

"我希望这次不要徒劳无功，管家"他温柔的清楚的说道"特别是在开罗会议之后。"

The thieves left no clues which set the police in a wild-goose chase through the mountains.

那些贼人没留下任何痕迹，引导警察在山上作徒劳无功的搜索。

The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but without avail.

医生们曾竭力抢救他的生命，但徒劳无功。

Apologetical argument – intellectual reasoning that goes beyond mere testimony – must not, therefore, be disparaged or ignored, as if it were a futile exercise due to subjectivity in anyone's ultimate perspective or presuppositions.

我们不能因人人都有其终极的信念或预设前提、因而必定有各自的主观性，就因此视护教为徒劳无功的事。

Still, it's likely the state's output of public resources for the anti-piracy program could end up a boondoggle if students move to encrypted file sharing programs.

然而，这些反盗版程式最终可能徒劳无功，如果学生利用加密文件来分享档案。

He sat staring at the marbled cover of the book, trying without success to shut the voice out of his consciousness.

他呆呆地坐在那里，看着日记本的云石纸封面，徒劳无功地要想把那歌声从他的意识中排除出去。

He made resultless efforts to reform one metal into another.

他企图把一种金属转变成另一种金属，这是徒劳无功的。

India's only silverback gorilla Polo has been alone since 2000 when his mate, 46-year-old Sumathi, died. Even though Polo is 183cm tall, dark-haired, bilingual and good-natured, the 36-year-old gorilla is still single after a fruitless worldwide 8-year search.

36岁的Polo是印度唯一的银背大猩猩，他身高183厘米，黑发，具备印度坎纳达语和英语双语能力，个性温和，但是自从2000年46岁的妻子Sumathi过世后一直找不到伴侣，8年遍及全球的择偶行动都徒劳无功。

A photo with the article showed dozens of volunteers struggling to save the whale, trying to keep it from getting dehydrated and to bring it into deeper water—but to little avail.

从文章附载的照片可见，当时有数十人自告奋勇去抢救那条鲸鱼，把它拖往水深地带以防它脱水，可惜一切努力都徒劳无功。

The concept of equivalent rotationally rigidity is offered and the formula of rotationally rigidity is obtained.

主要做了如下几个方面的工作：对伸臂位于顶部的单层框架—筒体模型进行分析，提出了等效转动约束的概念和转动约束刚度的表达式。

Male cats normally do not need aftercare with the exception of the night after the anesthetic.

男猫通常不需要善后除了晚上的麻醉。