He sees man's search for meaning in an infinite universe as a fruitless effort.

他认为人在无限的宇宙里寻找意义是一个徒劳无功的努力。

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However active the leading group may be, its activity will amount to fruitless effort by a handful of people unless combined with the activity of the masses.

只有领导骨干的积极性，而无广大群众的积极性相结合，便将成为少数人的空忙。

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Most notable was a fruitless effort early in his tenure to impose managed trade on Japan.

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But without them, Mr Singh's round table seems doomed to be yet another fruitless effort to square the circle.

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Best Buy, another recent target of a founder-led buyout, announced Richard Schulze will return to the company as chairman emeritus, after his fruitless effort to put together an offer to take the retailer private.

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