They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.

他们企图使这些陈旧的工业现代化,结果劳而无功.

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If they feel that their action has been in vain, they feel boredom or frustration.

如果他们感到动作无效, 会感到无聊和失望.

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All our entreaties were in vain, and he was shot at dawn.

我们所有的恳求都是徒劳的, 他在天亮时被枪毙了.

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And only I who would wait and weep and wear out my heart in vain longing?

我只能哭泣着等待,把我的心折磨在空虚的伫望之中 吗 ?

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I see I am speaking in vain to a hardened heart.

我明白了,对你这一副铁石心肠讲也是白费.

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Possibly I torture myself in vain?

说不定我是在白白地折磨自己 吧 ?

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He still reasoned with her, but in vain.

他仍在与她辩论, 但是辩论也没用.

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Araby tells the story that a Dublin teenager pursues his dreaming lover but ends in vain.

《阿拉比》讲述的是一个都柏林少年追求朦胧爱情,但最终梦想破灭的故事.

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He tried in vain to set on the crew of the ship to rebellion.

他企图怂恿那艘船的船员叛变,但没有成功.

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Their blood was not shed in vain.

他们的血没有白流.

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In making that plea he will breathe in vain.

他做那种恳求是白费口舌的.

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I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.

我试图消除她的疑虑,但没有成功.

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All his efforts were in vain.

他的一切努力都归无效.

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Their lives have not been laid down in vain.

他们并没有白白牺牲.

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Our efforts were not in vain.

我们没有白忙.

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John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.

约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点,但是没有用.

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We tried in vain to make him change his mind.

我们试图使他改变主意,结果是白费心机.

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It was in vain that we tried to find his mother.

我们百般设法找他的母亲,但毫无结果.

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He proposed to himself to achieve what hitherto he had been promised in vain.

他决定要完成一件至今尚无希望的事情.

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I read his article again and again, trying hard to understand what he was driving at but in vain.

我把他的文章读了一遍又一遍, 但对他的意图仍百思不解.

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Who's been taking my name in vain? I don't hold such an opinion.

谁在滥用我的名义? 我不赞成这个建议.

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We searched in vain for the missing child.

我们到处寻找那孩子,但没有找到.

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They endeavored to make her happy, but in vain.

他们想方设法地使她高兴, 但那是徒劳的.

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My efforts were not in vain.

我的气力没有白费.

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He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.

他想让全世界都知道，他的儿子不是白白死去的。

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Throughout the Twenties, Lardner tried in vain to write a hit song, so at last he turned to parody.

整个20年代，拉德纳尝试着想要写出一首走红歌曲，可是都失败了，于是最后转向戏仿他人的作品。

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He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbour intervened.

邻居过来帮忙前，他费了半天劲儿也没把两只狗分开。

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Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.

父母们呼吁给她复职，但结果却只是徒劳。

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It became obvious that all her complaints were in vain.

很明显她所有的抱怨都是白费口舌。

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He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence.

他在门口停住，徒然地等待她和自己打招呼。

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