Whatever else it may be, the Great Wall is a marvel of brutal construction.

China's investments in U. S. securities in 2006 proved to be a huge costly mistake.

中国2006年对美国保险业的投资已经被证明是一个劳民伤财的错误。

It shows that Tunipah is a kind of expensive boondoggles.

这说明图尼帕是个劳民伤财的玩意儿。

Critics say the dams are ecologically unsound white elephants .

批评者说，大坝劳民伤财，又不利于生态环境。

The war is indeed a grotesque waste of resources, which will place huge long-run burdens on the American public.

伊拉克战争的确是劳民伤财，而且非常可笑。这将会是美国人民需要背负许多年的包袱。

Proponents of the abolition bills describe the death penalty as an expensive programme with few benefits.

拥护废除死刑方案的人们认为死刑实在是劳民伤财且根本没有丝毫益处。

A president wage a hefty war at the cost of the people due to personal enmity seems to be incredible isn't it?

一个总统为了个人恩怨而发动一场劳民伤财的大战听起来真是有一点不可思议，是不是？

At septuple eight, with the liver energy declined, tendon unactivated and the deca exausted, little essence, the kidney declines and both shape and body exaust.

七八肝气衰，筋不能动，天癸竭，精少，肾脏衰，形体皆极。

Next stop is Fulton Street. Stand clear of the closing doors. You volunteered us for a septuple homicide?

下一站富尔顿街请不要站在关闭的车门前你主动申请了个七杀案

Septuple as in seven? You're the one who told me to take this job seriously. Be hands on, remember?

七条人命是你要我好好干活儿的要努力工作记得吗

The whole Internet fire could have been avoided if the prison told the truth in the first place.

如果看守所一开始就讲真话，网络上劳师动众的事儿大抵也不会发生了吧？！

It might take a village to raise a child, but it certainly takes a small community of life mentors to help women transform and reach their full God-given potential in life.

培养好一个小孩或许需要劳师动众，但帮助女性改变她们的生活并发挥她们难得的潜在力只需要一个小小的团体。

None of us know our end really or what hand will guide us there.

没人能确知自己的结局,身不由己.

Stagger and stumble suggest unsteady or uncontrolledmovement.

stagger和stumble均指不稳的或身不由己的动作.

Despite myself , I rose from my seat.

我身不由己地也离开了我的座位.

Yes, but I couldn't help it.

是的, 但我身不由己.

She knew that she was playing with fire but couldn't help herself.

她知道她在玩火,但是她身不由己.

I was sliding ( about ) helplessly ( on the ice ).

我 ( 在冰上 ) 身不由己地滑起来了.

Finally, the Soviet Union mounted a large-scale offensive, and the Northeastern Border Guards incurred serious losses, and Zhang Xueliang was forced to sign a separate peace agreement with the Soviet Union.

结果，苏联大举兴兵，东北边防军损失惨重，张学良被迫单独与苏联订立了城下之盟。

Ted Lemon, Littorai Wines, Sebastopol, Calif.

泰德·利蒙（Ted Lemon），Littorai Wines，加利福尼亚州塞瓦斯托波尔

Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the21thCentury. Sebastopol, CA.

《数据库国家：21世纪隐私生活的灭亡》。