I know all about the prophecy that was made at my birth, but I would far rather be killed at once than live such an idle, useless life here trapped here on this mountain.

我已经知道我出生时她们说的所有预言，但我宁可立即被杀死，也不愿在那被大山包围着的城堡里过那种空虚、没有价值的生活。

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What he has not done, because it would be useless, is to say Kraft would be a bad “fit” for Cadbury and leave it at that.

他没有说卡夫不“适合”吉百利，然后就此打住，因为这是没有用的。

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What he has not done, because it would be useless, is to say Kraft would be a bad "fit" for Cadbury and leave it at that.

他没有说卡夫不“适合”吉百利，然后就此打住，因为这是没有用的。

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Hobbes wrote, "I am at the point of believing that my labors will be " as useless as the commonwealth of Plato."

贺伯斯写到，“我在此要相信,我的努力将如同,柏拉图的国家一样不具实用“

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I am at the point of believing," he says, "that my labor will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato," he says in a moment of sort of uncharacteristic despair, "will be as useless as the commonwealth of Plato."

我就快相信，自己所做的这一切都将是无用功,就像柏拉图所建立的理想国一样,他曾异常绝望地这样说，就像柏拉图的理想国一样毫无意义“

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Cash back rewards and miles will be rendered mostly useless or at least much less valuable if businesses adopt a credit card surcharge.

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Our useless, needy offspring may be at least one secret of our success.

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My honest guess is that the government will be useless in terms of fixing the economy for at least another year or two.

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