英文词汇“徒劳无益”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典

单词

徒劳无益

释义

徒劳无益徒劳无功；劳而无功tú láo wú yì

bay(at) the moon; beat the air; burn daylight; carry(/send) coals to Newcastle; carry water to the river; catch shadows; catch the wind in (/with)a net; come to naught; drop a bucket into an empty well; end in smoke; flog the dead horse; fruitless;futile; go on a wild goose chase; hold a candle to the sun; ineffectual; it’s no use pumping a dry well;labour in vain; lash the waves; make bricks without straw; milk the bull (/he-goat/ram); of no avail(/use/purpose/good); plough (/sow) the sands;pour water into a sieve; preach (/speak) to the winds; roll the stone of Sisyphus; shoe the goose (/gosling); tilt at windmills
❍ 你便百般问他求他，也是～。(《儿女英雄传》16回)Even if you asked and pleaded him in a hundred and one ways,it would be of no purpose.
❍ 但是如果只是形式上欺骗而无政策上的改变，他的这一企图必然徒劳无功。(《毛泽东选集》737) But this attempt of his will certainly prove futile,if it is only a subterfuge and means no real change in policy.

徒劳无益益（功）tú láo wú yì

徒：徒然，白白地。白费力气，没有一点成就或功效。beat the air, show the goose, make a futile effort, in vain, of no avail, come to naught, burn daylight, bite on granite, be a wasted effort

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