vainly

• The reactionary government tried vainly to take the steam out of the protest movement
  反动政府枉费心机地企图削弱这场抗议运动。
• A man i recognized ran furiously , but vainly , the length of the platform
  我认识的一个男人匆匆跑来，一直追到月台尽头，可是晚了一步。
• He , too , ten years ago , had piously sought out a tomb , and sought it vainly
  十年以前，他也曾虔敬地去找一座坟墓，但他枉费了一番心思。
• Sit down or by the law harry i ll knock you down . walter squints vainly for a chair
  “坐下吧，不然的话，我就凭着魔鬼的名义把你揍趴下。 ”
• I heard men s voices , and hers battling vainly against them . she came back in tears
  我听到朱利在跟一些男人争吵，但没有用处，她哭着回来了。
• At bloody bridge mr thomas kernan beyond the river greeted him vainly from afar
  在血泊桥209畔，托马斯克南先生从河对岸徒劳地遥遥向他致敬。
• To no end gathered : vainly then released , forth flowing , wending back : loom of the moon
  漫无目的地凑在一起;然后又徒然地散开，淌出去，又流回来。
• Aouda in vain attempted to retain mr fogg ; ash vainly did the detective endeavour to make the quarrel his
  费克斯企图把事情揽到自己身上也是白费力气。
• I felt my way to hearth and picked up the pieces ， i tried vainly to put them together
  我摸索着来到壁炉前，拾起那些碎片，试图将它们拼接在一起，却没办到。
• She cast about vainly for some possible place to apply , but found no door which she had the courage to enter
  她徒劳地四处求职，但却找不到一个她敢迈进去的大门。