It would be futile to protest.

抗议也无用。

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。

Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West.

像在俄罗斯的许多人一样，她把这个国家的错误归咎于想赶上西方的徒劳。

To date, the sum of my gardening experience had been futile efforts to rid the flower beds of grass.

迄今为止，我全部的园艺经验就是给花圃徒劳地除草。

We do not fight global warming because it is futile to do so.

我们不会与全球变暖作斗争，因为这样做是徒劳的。

It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.

要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的。

Resisting automation is futile: it is as inevitable as industrialization was before it.

抵制自动化是徒劳的：它就像之前的工业化一样不可避免。

While the efforts are certainly not futile, the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.

这些禁令旨在使未来的世界变得更加美好，虽然这些努力肯定不是徒劳的，但禁令的结果很可能只有子孙后代才能看得到。

My appeal proved futile.

我的呼吁白费了。

Their efforts to revive him were futile.

他们努力使他苏醒，但失败了。

He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow.

他出于挡住这一击的无谓企图抬起了他的胳膊。

These days, as studies in the U.S.show bullying on the rise and parental supervision on the decline, researchers who study bullying say that calling moms and dads is more futile than ever.

如今，随着美国的研究显示欺凌行为在上升，而父母的监督在下降，研究欺凌行为的研究人员说，给父母打电话比以往任何时候都更没用。

Your resistance is futile.

你的抵抗是无用的。

This is heroic but probably futile.

此举有着英雄气概，但或许徒劳无功。

But resistance is futile.

但抵抗是徒劳的，并误入歧途。

Worrying is a futile exercise.

担忧是一种无谓的举动。

Palestinians say negotiations are futile.

巴勒斯坦人说，谈判是徒劳的。

To require them to use English is futile.

硬要他们使用英语纯属徒劳。

When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

遇到巧克力时，抵抗是无效的。

All such doctrines are equally stupid and futile.

所有这样的学说都是愚蠢与徒劳的。

Yet strict controls would be both futile and wrong.

但严格控制既无效又不对。

All searches in the neighbourhood proved futile.

邻里之间相互搜寻都无果。

First of all, it is futile to dwell on the past.

首先，沉湎于过去是无意义的。

The stronger the will, the more futile the task.

意志越强，愈是徒劳无效。

They are a futile attempt to keep from missing out.

企图阻止错过是徒劳无益的。

Therefore any attempt at a universal tool set also proves futile.

因此试图建立一套通用工具集 的任何尝试都被证明是无效的。

Ultimately, excessive reserve accumulation will prove futile.

最终，过度的储备积累将被证明是毫无益处的。

The north's campaign there, however, appears increasingly futile.

然而，北方在那里的行动显得越发不足道。

All efforts to attain happiness, on the other hand, are entirely futile.

一切希望得到幸福的努力，在另一方面来说是完全徒劳的。