That is important for two reasons. One, the alternative—burying high-tension lines—is expensive and largely futile . The cost of putting a cable underground is between four and ten times as much as that of carrying it on a pylon.

主要因为两点，首先，掩埋高压线这一替换既贵又不实用。把电缆埋在地底的花费是架电塔的四到十倍。

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Wilson vetoed measure on March 3, 1921, warning that farmers needed new markets for their products, not futile tariff protection.

1921年3月13日，威尔逊否决此法案，警告说，农民需要的是农产品的新市场，不是无用的关税保护。

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The government’s efforts to prepare for euro entry by 2012 look "fairly futile " , says Mr Shearing. He thinks 2015 is more realistic.

Shearing先生认为，波兰政府试图在2012年进入欧元区的打算是“完全不现实的”，把时间定为2015年倒比较实际一点。

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It is futile andexhausting for me to shape my life to meet anyone else’s standards.

把我的生活拿去符合其他人的标准对于我来说没用的，也是很累的。

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Not all counter drug policies are futile or perverse in their outcomes.

并非所有的禁毒政策都没有效果或有违初衷。

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The subversion attempts proved predictably futile ?

不出所料，颠覆活动证明毫无效果？

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Mr Blair, a Catholic convert, said faith was a force for good and it was "futile " to attempt to drive it out.

布莱尔先生，一个新的天主教皈依者，声称信仰是一种驱使人向善的力量，而驱逐宗教信仰的努力是无用的。

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Total eradication is impossible, but that doesn’t mean fighting back is futile .

彻底地根除不大可能，但是，这并不意味着抗击是徒劳的。

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Everything seems futile here except the sun, our kisses, and the wild scents of the earth.

除了太阳、我们的亲吻以及泥土野性的味道，这里的一切看上去都毫无意义。

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But a thoroughgoing effort to tame finance would be futile and could come at a high cost.

但不遗余力地去一味管制金融市场绝不是好政策，无效且代价高昂。

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but building higher walls is likely to prove futile .

但建筑更高的防波堤也可能是徒劳的

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But it’s futile to wait and wait until you bag a big project to start expanding.

但如果你一直等到接到大项目再开始扩张，那么等待的那段时间就是徒劳的。

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But while attacks on open source still make Kapor’s blood boil, he suggests that the bigger picture indicates that resistance is futile .

但是，尽管对开源运动的攻击仍然使卡普尔热血沸腾，但他认为整体来说这种抵抗是徒劳的。

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By contrast, fertiliser subsidies encourage futile over-use of nitrogen in parts of China.

但与此形成对比的是，中国的部分地区却在通过化肥补贴来鼓励氮肥的无效的过度使用。

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So far Mr Ellison shows no sign of having learned any lessons from Mr Welch’s futile stubbornness.

到目前为止，没有任何迹象表明，埃里森从韦尔奇的白费力气的顽固中学到任何教训。

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This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile .

对他而言，这没有主宰的宇宙既不贫瘠，也不徒劳。

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Prophets of a sceptical bent say all this is futile because they knew all along the single currency was doomed.

而怀疑一切的预言者则表示，这一切都是徒劳，因为他们从一开始就知道欧元注定将是一个悲剧。

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Otherwise, the debate we are having about stimulus versus austerity risks being as futile as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

否则，我们目前围绕刺激与紧缩的辩论就可能像重新摆放泰坦尼克号上的躺椅一样于事无补。

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At first the border guards tried to check passports, but they quickly realized it was futile .

刚开始，边境的守卫还试图检查护照，但他们很快发现这是徒劳的。

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It is significant to discuss the medical relations, the allocation of resources and the moral values in the futile treatment on uremia.

关于尿毒症无效治疗的医患关系、资源分配及道德价值的讨论是有积极意义的；

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The economic clauses of the treaty were malignant and silly to an extent that made them obviously futile .

和约中关于经济的条文，其苛狠和愚蠢，竟达到显然不能实现的程度。

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Many CIOs recognise that trying to stamp out the use of personal gadgets at work is not only futile but also risky.

很多首席技术官都意识到，取缔办公用的个人电子设备不仅是不可能的，而且是有风险的。

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It is foolish and futile to destroy and discard your own data and refuse to recognize your ancestors. Ba Jin

毁弃自己的资料，不认识自己的祖宗，这是愚蠢而徒劳的。——巴金

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Based on case analysis, to create a primary evaluation scheme for the futile treatment on uremia, which is useful to clinical practice.

结合具体病案，建立尿毒症无效治疗的评价标准，其对临床实践具有指导价值。

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It is futile to bother today about the way in which this problem will be solved.

今天就为该如何解决这一问题而烦扰是毫无用处的。

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James and Wade are impossible to slow in the open floor, and when they’re hitting 3-pointers resistance is futile .

开阔的赛场上，詹姆斯和韦德无人能挡；当他们化身射手，任何抵抗毫无效力。

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Resistance, if not exactly futile , is harder than it used to be.

抗拒行为即便不能说完全徒劳，也比以往的难度更大了。

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Perhaps, given Moscow’s deep-seated love of empire, the effort would have been futile .

考虑到莫斯科对帝国根深蒂固的热爱，或许这些努力都会是徒劳一场。

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Overlapping of the two roles may be unavoidable, but there should be no futile second-guessing of each other’s motives and deeds.

两者角色的重合也许是不可避免的，但不应对彼此的动机和行为进行无谓的事后批评。

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The high-minded attacks on corruption in Muslim states from London and Washington is futile .

伦敦和华盛顿高调攻击穆斯林国家的腐败问题。

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