She searched in vain for her passport.
她翻找自己的护照，但没找着。
They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.
他们怎么也找不到一个藏身的地方。
Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.
家长们为她的复职而奔波，但是毫无结果。
He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence.
他停在门口，徒然地等着她跟自己打招呼。
Jeff searched in vain for Rosie in the next four days.
接下来的四天里，杰夫一直在寻找罗西，但没有找到。
Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for a job in the art gallery.
迈克昨天告诉我，他一直在找美术馆的工作，但没有找到。
I have searched in vain for a weak performance in these "Rouge et Noir" sets.
我在《红与黑》中寻找薄弱的表演，但没有找到。
The next morning Archer scoured the town in vain for more yellow roses.
第二天早晨，阿切尔跑遍市区，却没有买到更多的黄玫瑰。
For a long time, the mother waited in vain for an answer to her letter.
母亲等待着回信，可过了很长时间仍毫无消息。
Alas, shoppers look in vain for "no till" labels on their food-at least so far.
想找到带有“免耕”标志食物的消费者看来要无功而返了，至少目前是这样。
It is in vain for an unbeliever to take up the outward show of another man's profession.
一个不信者接受另一个人声称的外在形式是没有意义的。
Only half finished, his growth is halted, and he MUSES in vain for a solution to his problem.
生长才进行到一半就停止了，他静静想著解决办法，却只是白费力气。
A size 18 and a couple of stone heavier than ideal, she tried in vain for years to shed the extra.
一个大小为18的人比理想的石头夫妇重，她试图摆脱多年的额外徒劳的锻炼。
As we traveled from island to island, we searched the cliffs and rocks in vain for nesting puffins.
我们从一个岛走到另一个岛，在峭壁上和岩石间寻找海鸭，但却枉费徒劳。
Four rescue boats and a helicopter searched in vain for Skinner yesterday and resumed the hunt today.
昨天，四艘救援船和一架直升飞机徒劳无功地搜寻斯金纳，今天搜寻工作再度展开。
After a year or so of looking in vain for a good business model, Mr Gillmor has put the idea on ice.
进行了一年左右，因为找不到好的商业模式，格尔默先生冰封了这个想法。
For example, we frequently see people anxiously driving their cars looking in vain for a parking space.
例如，我们屡次看到人们开着车焦急徒劳地寻找停车位。
After America's property prices began falling in earnest, policymakers tried in vain for years to revive them.
美国房地产价格开始下跌之后，政策制定者们试了好几年来重振它们都于事无补。
But human beings in Kosovo (recognised by 65 states) and Western Sahara (more than 80) will search in vain for their homeland.
但是科索沃(65个国家承认)以及西撒哈拉(80多国承认)的人类在这儿却找不到自己国家的名字。
In the final chapter, “Markets Need Morals”, the reader looks in vain for a bit of detail about how such a code might be imposed.
在最后一章—“市场需要道德约束”—中，如果有读者试图寻找丝毫关于这种模式如何实现的细节阐述，那他注定是徒劳的。
If my own therapy sessions were observed, one might often look in vain for lengthy explicit discussions of death, freedom, meaning, or existential isolation.
如果观察我的心理治疗，你可能常常看不到关于死亡、自由、意义和存在的孤独的长篇直接讨论。
So, if you can keep your Ajax calls short and to the point, you can prevent the user spending endless time waiting in vain for elements to refresh or respond.
因此，如果您能够保持Ajax调用简短和准确，可以避免用户花费无止尽的时间来等待元素刷新或响应。
The general and the colonel glared sternly and significantly at one another, like two cocks preparing for a fight, seeking in vain for a symptom of cowardice.
将军和上校像两只准备格斗的公鸡，严肃地意味深长地怒目相视，白白地守候对方露出胆怯的神态。
He searched in vain for the bathrooms, but he finally found a beautiful fountain with foliage, and since nobody was watching, so he decided to take a leak right there.
他徒劳地到处寻找，终于发现一个有树叶装饰的喷泉，因为没发现附近有人，于是他决定就在这里解决问题。
TILL Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield and looked in vain for Mr. Wickham among the cluster of red coats there assembled, a doubt of his being present had never occurred to her.
伊丽莎白走进尼日斐花园的会客室，在一群穿着“红制服”的人们里面寻找韦翰先生，找来找去都找不着，这时候她才怀疑他也许不会来了。
TILL Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield and looked in vain for Mr. Wickham among the cluster of red coats there assembled, a doubt of his being present had never occurred to her.
伊丽莎白走进尼日斐花园的会客室，在一群穿着“红制服”的人们里面寻找韦翰先生，找来找去都找不着，这时候她才怀疑他也许不会来了。
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