1·Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.
他们想征服阿富汗人的意图耗费大量金钱而且无效，只维持了十年的时间。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
遇到巧克力时，抵抗是无效的。
3·By contrast, fertiliser subsidies encourage futile over-use of nitrogen in parts of China.
但与此形成对比的是，中国的部分地区却在通过化肥补贴来鼓励氮肥的无效的过度使用。
4·Having no idea what to do, she waits for the ambulance, accompanies it to accident and emergency and then goes back to the pub after futile efforts at resuscitation.
不知所措的她等着救护车，陪着进了急诊室，抢救无效后，她又回到了酒吧。
5·Yet strict controls would be both futile and wrong.
但严格控制既无效又不对。
1·Moreover, to anyone who is convinced of the mind's singleness of purpose, nothing is more futile than these distinctions based on methods and objects.
此为，对任何确信心智具有单一目的性的人来说，没有任何东西会比这些基于方法和目标的特征更加无用的了。
2·Your resistance is futile.
你的抵抗是无用的。
3·Not to mention the great many who profess a total disinterest in the election, seeing it as a futile exercise.
更不用说那些认为整个选举毫无意义的人，他们视之为无用的训练。
4·Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile songs.
弟兄们，让我们把清晨浪费在无用的歌曲上面吧。
5·This would not make philosophy futile.
这不会让哲学无用。