| 词汇 | 徒劳无功 |
| 释义 | 徒劳无功 歇后语枯井里打水 德文sich vergeblich bemühen 【注意】含贬义。 反义词 In vain: Rome was not interested, nor were they. From the age of two, a friend of mine went with his mother every month to the Abu Salim prison, hoping in vain to see his father, who was imprisoned there. But when she decided to start her journey, she found herself gradually disappearing into the mud and sand. After numerous tries, she found it was all in vain and was very upset. Multinational efforts are under way to persuade North Korea to return to six- party talks on ending its nuclear programme, so far in vain. But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain. In vain his visitor, Britain’s foreign secretary George Brown, rehearsed the domestic pressures weighing on his Labour administration. Each night the man returned to his cabin sore and worn out, feeling as if his whole day had been spent in vain. Stores hoping to increase loyalty are starting to promote giveaways and improve service, but often in vain. Last week, America put a $5m bounty on Mr Mehsud’s head and, in vain, dispatched its missiles to kill him. So I started looking online, also in vain. The abolition of royal entitlements in 1971 was unfair, he said, and he ran in vain for parliament in protest. She again tries in vain to get her cell phone to pick up service. I made many attempts, all in vain. In vain shall a poet seek the mother of the songs of his heart. It has been left to the Egyptians to try to negotiate a ceasefire and prisoner exchange, so far in vain. It's common in China for environmental officials to find themselves crusading to shut down lucrative but dirty factories, often in vain. Since the trauma of the American embassy siege of1979, America has tried to squeeze Iran politically, militarily and economically in the hope that the regime would fall, but in vain. Four rescue boats and a helicopter searched in vain for Skinner yesterday and resumed the hunt today. In vain, it seems: document downloads were up by nearly13% this August from the same month a year earlier, yet at least as many visitors showed up in person. Ghana's president, John Kufuor, who currently chairs the African Union, is still trying to mediate, but so far in vain. |
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