这就是一个白费力气的努力。

Talk about a wasted effort.

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到目前为止，没有任何迹象表明，埃里森从韦尔奇的白费力气的顽固中学到任何教训。

So far Mr Ellison shows no sign of having learned any lessons from Mr Welch's futile stubbornness.

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汤姆叹了口气说：“好啦，好人，别再白费力气了，你的魔力已经跑掉了。”

Tom sighed, and said, "There, good soul, trouble thyself no further, thy power is departed out of thee."

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When we find people challenging it, I think they have the bulk of time and human experience on their side when they say you guys got it wrong.

当我们发现有人挑战这一定律时,我只能说他们完全是在白费力气,当他们说道 你们这些家伙是错的

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