a futile effort
基本解释
- 徒劳之举
英汉例句
- A futile effort, too: Beijing won the games, and some would say the argument.
有人说：“北京赢得了奥运会（比赛games，又译游戏）”，这么说也只是无稽之谈。 - Last year it proposed tax incentives for companies to turn temps into regular employees—a futile effort when profits are scarce and jobs being slashed.
去年日本政府提出通过优惠公司企业税鼓励它们将临时员工转为“普通”雇员——在利润少的可怜的情况下企业必将裁员，此举可为无用功。 - Affirmative won't, stationmaster people an end that sees you, although do not come out your T, your promotion also is make a futile effort !
肯定不会，站长们一眼就看出你的目的了，即使不把你T出来，你的推广也是徒劳无功啊！ - Cambara waits for him to push the door shut, which he does with a squeak, and she watches him as he turns the wobbly handle a couple of times in a futile effort to secure it, notwithstanding its state of malfunction.
NPR: Somalia's Farah: Humanizing a Broken Place - At this point, I recalled a long-ago futile effort to unclog my junk e-mail account.
FORBES: No E-mail About Your Borders' Shopping History Being Sold? (Or, How Privacy Protection Measures Can Backfire) - But the drive for sanctions has been a frustrating and some say futile effort.
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