Anyway these questions go down like a lead balloon.

It won't help anything if you get angry.

你生气也于事无补.

It's no good dwelling on that now.

现在多想它也于事无补.

That won't mend matters , ie improve the situation.

那于事无补.

As these documents pointed out, the outcome of Chiang Kai-shek's measures was his complete self-destruction politically.

蒋介石 采取这些步骤的结果, 如本文所说,在政治上完全是自取灭亡.

Kratos: He brought this to himself.

奎托斯: 这是他自取灭亡.

Give a fool rope enough, and he'll hang himself.

任由愚人自为, 他将自取灭亡.

That would mean they were inviting their own destruction.

这将意味着他们自取灭亡.

The young man kicked against the pricks by challenging a boxing champion to a contest.

那年轻人向一位拳击冠军挑战,简直是以卵击石.

She was not up to coping with the motion of the train.

她不足以对付移动的火车. (以卵击石)

You are fighting a hopeless battle by doing that.

你那么做根本是以卵击石,徒劳无功.

The order was no longer effective.

这项命令已不再生效.

But Mr. Budd couldn't seriously believe that the attempt would succeed.

不过,Budd先生不可能真的认为这一招能奏效.

The police bandobast was very effective.

警方的安排十分奏效。

A difference not only, Miliband says, also in the term.

米利班德说, 这些措施不仅应短期见效, 而且应长期有效.

Of course, some production Methods: Will show better results than others.

当然, 对有些生产方法更为见效.

The medicine quickly took effect.

药很快见效了.

Will the new security measures bite?

新的安全措施会见效 吗 ?

This medicine will operate quickly.

这药见效快.

The effort is starting to pay off.

这一努力正在见效.

" I was taking some medicine. It helped a little, not much.

“ 从前吃过一些药, 病好了一点, 但是也不大见效.