| 单词 | futile effort |
| 释义 | futile effort A bit older, we took apart moped engines and filed down the pistons in a futile effort to go faster. Times, Sunday Times All that the reallocation of resources achieved was a brief and ultimately futile effort to keep people where there was no longer work for them to earn a living. Times, Sunday Times I can't justify paying 128 for two tickets to watch a futile effort to recover a 5-1 deficit. The Sun I make a brief, futile effort to catch it before resignedly sitting down. Times, Sunday Times That campaign has cost the taxpayer at least 150,000 in legal bills for what will be confirmed this week as a futile effort to maintain secrecy against the public interest. Times, Sunday Times |
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