He waited in line for two hours and all for nothing-there were no seats left.

他排了两个小时的队，结果却是徒劳——座席全满了。

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A: he waited in line for two hours and all for nothing-there were no seats left.

他排了两个小时的队，结果却是徒劳——座席全满了。

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The authorities arrived within minutes, combing the area and later offering a massive reward, all for nothing.

案发后几分钟内警察到达现场，清理搜查了周围的地方，而后又提供了丰厚的悬赏奖金，但这一切都是徒劳。

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College can be stressful. Sometimes doing nothing at all is just what a student needs after studying for final exams.

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All I'm doing here, nothing particularly exciting, I'm simply plugging this expression in for P and then I multiplied the whole thing out because it was all multiplied by q.

这些计算过程确实很枯燥,我只是把这个算式代入到P中,然后打开整理,因为每一项都乘以了q

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They were not ready for self-government. So,there was nothing for us to do but to take them all.

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And in these grim times, consumers are likely to go for all or nothing, opting for either a free phone or a pricey smart phone, Greengart predicts.

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And the default and economic crash of 1998, just when things were starting to get better, only confirmed the average Russian's suspicions that it had all been for nothing.

ECONOMIST: The Russian elections

Rest assured, a surge for 18 months will open a window of opportunity but without parallel development and a major effort to reform the Afghan Government, the sacrifice will all be for nothing and we will draw down then, having lost much and achieved little more than if we withdraw now.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A surge is not enough