As with Sisyphus, the boulder was painstakingly rolled upwards only to tumble back down again in an absurd exercise of futility.
和西西弗斯一样，巨石费力地向上滚动，结果又滚了下来，徒劳无功。
The futility of this approach should, according to the authors, be all too apparent so many years into a period of reduced growth in world markets.
根据两位作者的说法，在全球市场增长放缓的这么多年里，这种做法的无用之处应该是非常明显的。
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。
If you understand how software works, you know the futility of measuring productivity by lines of code.
如果你理解软件的运作方式，就能知道按代码行数衡量工作效率毫无意义。
In the futility of his present circumstances, the psalmist cries to God.
诗人在他现状的无助中呼叫上帝。
Neither England nor the United States attempts such an exercise in futility.
无论是英国还是美国，都不会做这种徒劳无益的事情。
The main signs of depression are helplessness, hopelessness and the sense of futility.
抑郁症的主要症状是无助、绝望和徒劳的感觉。
Startled, she looked up and met gray eyes that were bitter and full of tired futility.
思嘉吃了一惊，抬起头来，看见一双灰眼睛充满了痛苦和无可奈何的神情。
My response to this top 10 question is: Rearranging WHERE clause predicates may be an exercise in futility.
我对这个前十大问题的回答是：重新安排where子句谓词可能是无用功。
This story teaches us three things: why people worry, the futility of worry, and how to overcome worry.
这个故事告诉我们三件事：为什么人们会感到烦恼，烦恼是徒劳无功的，如何摆脱烦恼。 。
He had learned by bitter experience that sharp criticisms and rebukes almost invariably end in futility.
他已经从他的痛苦经验中明白，尖锐的批评、指责从来都是无果而终。
Every year, the awards are won by the same people. Predicting award winners has become an exercise in futility.
每年，这些奖座都颁给同样一批人，得奖预测变成无谓的工作。
It is generally recognized that Zhuangzi's futility of utility metaphorically signifies the natural futility of Tao.
一般认为，庄子的无用之用是以隐喻的方式对自然无为之道的拟说。
When facing such a broad topic as time, artists may usually have a sense of futility for their artistic explorations.
艺术家在面对如此宏大的命题时，往往会不自觉的产生一种无力探索的虚无感。
"Eh? What do you mean? All that I want to say is that my daughter, " he tailed off into silence, overcome by futility.
“嗯?你这是什么意思?我所想说的只是我的女儿，”他感到说也无济于事，便把话咽了回去。
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。
They are known as "ants" for their willingness to work, their dirt-poor living conditions and the seeming futility of their efforts.
他们被称作“蚁族”，因为他们乐于勤奋工作，但生活条件却很差，而且努力往往收效甚微。
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
所以我说，且在主里确实地说，你们行事，不要再像外邦人存虚妄的心行事。
There is a difference between understanding the futility of this escape and deciding not to get involved in this kind of relationship.
了解逃避的无益，与决心不再卷入这种关系，是不同的。
However, we cannot hold the view that all the value of this play is just to express the illusion of life and the futility of resistance.
不能因此认为它的全部价值都在于表现生命的幻觉和抗争的徒劳。
Businesspeople frequently joked about the suggestion box and cartoons lambasted the futility of putting ideas in the employee suggestion box.
商业人士经常对建议箱开玩笑，漫画也讽刺将这些主意放入建议箱毫无用处。
In 2006, he told a gathering of reporters that his proudest moment as a journalist was the night he delivered his editorial about the futility of the Vietnam War.
2006年他在一个记者聚会上说他作为记者最自豪的时刻就是播报关于越战徒劳无益社论的那个晚上。
In the postwar years, the Somme exemplified the waste and futility of battle, symbolizing disillusionment not only with war, but with the very idea of heroism.
在战后的岁月里，索姆河成了一个典型，证明着战争带来的巨大浪费与战争本身的毫无意义，它不仅象征着战争的幻灭，也象征着英雄主义这概念的幻灭。
If you start to feel any of the symptoms of burnout - excessive tiredness, distraction, lack of interest, a vague sense of futility -immediately take corrective action.
过度疲劳、精神涣散、兴趣缺乏，一种恍惚的无力挫败感——如果你有了其中任何一种倦怠的症状，要马上采取修正的行动。
Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, began his invasion of Hsi Hsia in 1207. He soon learned the futility of using cavalry when he tried to take a mighty fortress.
建立蒙古帝国的成吉思汗一二○ 七年开始进侵西夏， 但要攻取一座宏伟城堡的时候， 发觉骑兵派不上用场。
According to Schopenhauer, existence is the expression of an insatiable, pervasive will generating a terrible world of conflict and suffering, senselessness, and futility.
叔本华认为，存在是一种无所不在，贪得无厌的意志的表象，这种意志产生了一个充满矛盾、痛苦，没有丝毫感情和意义的恐怖世界。
When we are able to perceive futility as the nature of samsara, we will realize that sentient beings are truly overwhelmed by the great net of ignorance, hence unable to escape.
认知轮回所呈现出之无意义的状况时，我们便会了解众生是如何深陷无明之中无以自拔。
When we are able to perceive futility as the nature of samsara, we will realize that sentient beings are truly overwhelmed by the great net of ignorance, hence unable to escape.
认知轮回所呈现出之无意义的状况时，我们便会了解众生是如何深陷无明之中无以自拔。
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