徒劳无益的英文
英语翻译
- labour in vain
- shoe the goose
- flog a dead horse
- limn on water
- lash the waves
- drop a bucket into an empty well
- send owls to athens
- send coals to newcastle
- carry owls to athens
- bring owls to athens
参考释义
- 徒劳无益[túláowúyì]
- -flogadeadhorse;beafoolforone'spains;bemerelywastingone'senergy;carrycoalstoNewcastle;cometonaught;end(up)insmoke;lookforaNewcastleinabundleofhay[inahaystack];makemuchadoaboutnothing;ofnoavail;pourwaterinasieve;workinvain
实用例句
- 跟他们争论是徒劳无益的。
It's useless arguing/to argue with them. - 鞭打死马，徒劳无益。
It is useless to flog a dead horse. - 他一生都是把水桶投入空井，做了些徒劳无益的事情。
He spent all his life in dropping buckets into empty wells.