白费

It was a wild goose chase .

这是白费力气。

This is like one wild goose chase.

这活像是在追野鹅，白费力气。

They would have to be passed through a powerful press first, to squeeze their old notions out of them, so that they would not soon get upon their legs again; and then there would be some one in the company with a maggot in his head, hatched from an egg deposited there nobody knows when, for not even fire kills these things, and you would have lost your labor.

必须先把人们透过一个强有力的压榨机，把他们的旧观念压榨出来，使他们不再能够马上用两条腿直立，到那时你看人群中，有的人脑子里是长蛆虫的，是从不知什么时候起就放在那里的卵里孵化出来的，连烈火也烧不完这些东西；要不这样做，什么劳力都是白费。

They would have to be passed through a powerful press first, to squeeze their old notions out of them, so that they would not soon get upon their legs again; and then there would be some one in the company with a maggot in his head, hatched from an egg deposited there nobody knows when, for not even fire kills these things, and you would have lost your labor.

必须先把人们透过一个强有力的压榨机，把他们的旧观念压榨出来，使他们不再能够马上用两条腿直立，到那时你看人群中，有的人脑子里是长蛆虫的，是从不知什么时候起就放在那里的卵里孵化出来的，连烈火也烧不完这些东西；要不这样做，什么劳力都是白费。总之，我们不要忘记，埃及有一种麦子是一个木乃伊传下来，一直传到了我们手里的。读《瓦尔登湖》至此，觉得这是梭罗的 sarcasm 风格体现最为淋漓尽致的一段。

Our victory will surely come some day.

我们的努力不会白费。

Thous making efforts does not necessarily lead to success, efforts can never be done any gain.

虽然不能说只要努力就一定会成功，但努力是绝不会完全白费的。

My sister is so stubborned , you just beat the dead horse of tying change her mind.

我妹妹很固执，你要她改变心意根本就是白费力气。

My boss wanted persuade me for his SEC. but waste his sprits , because i haven't will as this

我老板想说服我当他的秘书，可是白费心力，因为我没有这个意愿。

Hundreds of billions on war spendings was wasted!

白费了几千亿美元的战争开支。

Those who cultivate mathematics for its own sake are idle searchers given to a vain play of the spirit.

那些为数学而搞数学的人是白费精神的盲目的研究者。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。