A few weeks ago, I wrote about my fruitless attempt to exchange a pair of Nike running shoes with a torn shoelace eyelet.

几周前，我在文章里提到我想换一双鞋带眼开裂的耐克跑步鞋，结果没有成功。

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Because he loves watching English movies, he regularly tries to learn from it but came to the realization that its all rather a fruitless attempt.

因为喜欢看电影的关系，他常常看原版片提高英语但是觉的进步不大。

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But though the attempt to gather precise history from memory's storehouse may be fruitless, there is a fascination in looking over the pictures, a fascination which cast its spell on me.

虽然从记忆的库存里收集准确的历史这一尝试可能毫无结果，但在回顾这些图画时却有一种魅力，一种令我着魔的魅力。

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But the team's performance in that game, when it resorted to tactics more usually seen in cage fighting than on a soccer field in a fruitless attempt to stop Spain, has led some to call for a return to traditional Dutch principles.

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Besides, he adds, with so many competing instant-messaging protocols now in use, it would be fruitless to attempt to unify all the rival networks.

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