The unbelievable had happened, and any effort seemed futile compared the magnitude of the event. I'm not sure there was even a place to attach their fire hoses.

难以置信的事情已经发生，与此事件相比任何努力似乎都是微弱无力的。我不知道是否还有可以接上灭火水龙带的地方。

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Perhaps, given Moscow's deep-seated love of empire, the effort would have been futile.

考虑到莫斯科对帝国根深蒂固的热爱，或许这些努力都会是徒劳一场。

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Extending the retirement age for them just means a longer job search, a futile waste of time and effort.

延长退休年龄对于他们来说意味着更长的求职时间，浪费时间和精力。

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And it will also fail in a more important way: the futile effort to create this Utopia will do great and irreversible harm to all manner of things that right-thinking societies hold dear.

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The effort was futile: the monetary pressure wasn't eased, and collapsing trade only added to the plight of industry.

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To sustain the euro, the countries of southern Europe are cutting government expenditures and raising taxes in a futile effort to balance their budgets in the throes of a worsening recession.

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