Although bureaucrats still occasionally try to impose state controls on the city, the futility of the effort quickly becomes apparent.

虽然政府偶然也会去对这所城市实施强制的控制措施，但是很快这努力的徒劳就显现出来了。

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All this and much more has to be said to demonstrate the futility of all the allegedly scientific achievements of Marx.

所有这些，还有更多的事实，据说都证明了马克思所取得的所有科学成就均属无用。

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It does not recommend crime, for this would be childish, but it restores to remorse its futility .

它不推崇罪恶，因为那是幼稚的行为，然而它却会悔恨自己的无力。

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It ceases to be that exercise in detachment and passion which crowns the splendor and futility of a man’s life.

它不再是超脱和激情的那种尝试，它也结束了人生的壮美与徒劳。

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I tell him I don’t entirely accept the futility of neurological studies.

我告诉他我并不完全认同神经性研究的无用性。

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Perhaps you see yourself as above this futility , but it’s all we’ve got and all we’ve ever had.

也许你自视不庸人自扰，但这是我们现在和曾经所拥有的一切。

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An exercise in a course at Wharton’s advanced management program exposes the futility of the buzzword descriptors many companies use.

一个沃顿商学院高级管理课程的课堂练习暴露了许多公司使用流行术语的虚无。

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It was much more than an exercise in futility . It was an act of bravery and nobility.

这不仅仅是在履行职责，而是勇气和高尚的表现。

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In addition to being unethical, this enabling of Beijing’s totalitarian instincts is an exercise in futility .

这一决定不仅有失原则性，而且在北京独裁的本性面前这一为虎作伥的做法也是徒劳的。

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Like German expressionist images of the war, these formidable scenes convey the mess, filth, exhaustion and futility of the western front.

正如德国表现主义对战争的再现，这些极具冲击力的画面表现了西线的混乱、肮脏、乏力与无益。

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The futility of the authorities’ attempts to police this area was illustrated by the Edison Chen scandal that broke in early 2008.

政府对色情行业进行管制的努力是徒劳的，这可通过在2008年发生的陈冠希艳照门看出。

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It was as important to him as it was to them to underscore the horror and futility of it.

重视战争的可怕和无用，对他很重要，其它人也一样。

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