And we all know that having the answers before a test renders it futile.

It is futile to perform roots of virtue if they are mixed with evil deeds.

行功德时,若混杂恶行,也是徒劳.

Scarlett's search was futile until in the orchard she found a few apples.

思嘉找来找去一无所获,后来才在果园里拾到一些苹果.

Ugly and futile: lean neck and tangled hair and a stain of ink, a snail's bed.

长得丑,而且没出息,细细的脖颈,其乱如麻的头发,一抹墨水渍, 蜗牛窝.

It would be futile to sustain his life when there is no chance of any improvement.

如果没有任何好转的机会，继续维持他的生命也是无益的。

I'm sure it will turn out a futile attempt.

我肯定这会是白费功夫.

Economic theory recognizes the futility of throwing good money after bad.

经济理论认为,搭上老本来挽回损失是无益的.

Even in ordinary life you feel the futility of words.

即使在日常的生活中你也往往能感受到言辞的无助和无效.

As soon as he had felt these regrets, he realized their futility.

一想到这些遗憾, 他就认识到了其中的无效.

Solomon saw the futility of seeking satisfaction in people and things.

所罗门看出在人与事上找寻满足,乃是缘木求鱼.

He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.

他十分清楚和巫婆斗没什么好处, 于是他垂头丧气,不得不让了步.

The atmosphere is saturated with disaster, frustration, futility.

四周的气氛中弥漫着灾难 、 挫折和徒劳无功.

A sense of futility stole over her.

她慢慢地产生了一种没用的感觉.

At this moment of success I found only an unreasoning sense of futility.

在这一成功的时刻我只感到一阵莫名的枉然。

There was a silence of futility and irritation in the room.

屋子里安静极了,充满了徒劳无益和愤怒.

Little did they know that these talks were always an exercise in total futility.

他们几乎不知道,这种会谈往往都是白费力气,毫无成效.

Work is the way that people seek to redeem their lives from futility.

工作可以避免人们虚度生命。

Startled , she looked up and met gray eyes that were bitter and full of tired futility.

思嘉吃了一惊,抬起头来, 看见一双灰眼睛充满了痛苦和无可奈何的神情.

Then, who is holding the futility record of NBA?

那么, 是哪支球队保持着这个连败纪录?

Get up now, and don't forget to fold up the futon.

起来吧, 别忘了叠被子.

I'm hanging up this futon to dry.

我把被子挂起来晒干.