Lord Hertford flew to Tom, but returned to the King before very long, troubled and empty-handed.

赫德福伯爵飞跑到汤姆那里，但不久就回到了国王那里，两手空空，心里很不安。

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The robbers fled empty-handed.

抢劫犯一无所获地逃走了。

《牛津词典》

Delegates from the warring sides held a new round of peace talks but went away empty-handed.

交战各方代表举行了新一轮的和谈，但却空手离去。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

U.S.Middle East envoy George Mitchell held six days of talks in the region last week trying to find a formula for resuming peace talks, but came up empty handed.

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He said he feared that unless serious resources were spent over the next two months developing specific projects and numbers to justify the mitigation requests, the continent would leave the Copenhagen summit largely empty handed.

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But none of the so-called November Nine will leave empty-handed.

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But many people got there, had some free goat-cheese puffs, and went home empty handed.

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And yet, those that attempt to find justice seem to be left empty handed.

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After returning empty handed (there are few misadventures as pathetic as obsequiesness rebuffed), Mr. Straw refused to abandon his script.

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