She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.

她紧闭双眼，却无法忍住眼泪。

It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else.

把这项谋杀的罪责转嫁于他人是徒劳之举。

The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule.

起草委员会徒劳地通宵工作想按期完成工作。

She made a vain attempt to stop him.

她试图阻止他，但是徒然。

He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.

他试图接近那个快淹死的小孩，但没有成功。

He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.

淹死的小孩，但没有成功。

She made a vain attempt to persuade him to lend her the money.

她企图劝他借钱给她，但那只是徒劳。

The caged bird flapped its wings in a vain attempt to fly away.

笼子哩的鸟拍打着翅膀想飞走，但却徒劳无功。

But as to the causes of these general causes we in vain attempt the discovery.

但是我们试图发掘一般性成因的由来，这个过程的尝试皆是枉然。

It was a vain attempt by whites to make an 7 Aboriginal child more like them.

白种人以为如此一来就可以把土著居民的孩子变得和他们大致一样，却不过是白费心机。

It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder onto somebody else.

企图把谋杀罪责转嫁给他人，这是徒劳的。

Those without umbrellas had covered their heads with plastic bags, towels and books in a vain attempt to stay dry.

有些人没有雨伞，于是用塑料袋、毛巾或书本遮头，试图防雨，结果还是淋湿了。

It was then repeatedly whittled down, finally to just $34 billion, in a vain attempt to win over a few Republicans.

因此，它的启动资金由开始本就不多的790亿美元，反复削减至最终的340亿美元。 可即便如此，也还是没能赢得几个共和党人的支持，白白折腾了一场。

With the starship damaged and unable to take off, Jeremitt and Caterine set out in a vain attempt to find civilization.

因为飞船受损无法起飞，杰里米特和卡特琳试图到四周寻求援助，但是一无所获。

A tight noseband is a vain attempt to disguise the fact that your horse is not ready for the things you are asking him to do.

紧的鼻革是徒劳的掩饰，它只能说明你的马没有准备好去做你要求他做的事情。

The United States attorney-general is suing her as she sits, in a vain attempt to make her dissolve herself into constituent companies.

美国联邦检察长此刻正在起诉她，要让她把新泽西公司分解成系列子公司，而她却还在坐童车，岂不徒劳？

If you take the reflections from the hyperbolic mirror for the objects on the desk, you will for sure make a vain attempt to grasp them.

当你误把经双曲面镜反射的映像当作平台上存放的实物而用手去抓时，当然是什么也抓不到了。

The tabletPC has been largely a vain attempt--certainly compared with thepopularity ofthe iPad--to meld the laptop with a tablet, based on the Windowstabletinterface.

同目前的流行的融合了笔记本电脑的平板电脑和基于图形界面数位板技术的IPAD比起来，很大程度上平板电脑之前一直做着徒劳的尝试

And thereupon he would get out one or another of his manuscripts, such as "Adventure," and read it over and over in a vain attempt to vindicate the editorial silence.

这样一想他又拿出我自己的稿子，例如《冒险》，反复地研读起来，想探索出编辑们一直沉默的道理。

Instead of going all out in a vain attempt to do everything right the first time, Microsoft recommends starting with only the features absolutely needed to meet the requirements.

这不同于在第一次就要试图将所有事情做对，微软推荐在最开始只需要满足需求中绝对需要的特性。

An attempt to preserve life in a state of neutrality and indifference, is unreasonable and vain.

试图保持生活的中立和淡漠，是不明智的，徒劳的。

My attempt to stop him was in vain, so he got away.

我试着阻止他，但是却是徒劳的，所以让他逃走了。

When the society needs to be reconstructed, the attempt to keep it still would be ended in vain.

当社会需要重建时，试图墨守旧的蓝图重建它是徒劳无益的。

This attempt is actually in vain.

这种企图其实是徒劳无益的。