由于LHC的第一个目标是发现希格斯玻色子，所以这将是华丽丽的胜利，结果到头来，国会取消了这项计划。

That would have been a delicious victory, as the LHC’s first goal is the discovery of the Higgs. In the event, though, Congress pulled the plug.

youdao

所以你可以用你的时间做你想做的事情，而那些你不想做的事情（但确实必须做的）到头来却往往有更好的结果。

So you can spend your time doing things that you do want to do and end up with often better results for what you don’t want to be doing (but what needs to be done anyway).

youdao

这种调查方法到头来可能是完全没有结果的。

This line of investigation could prove to be a complete dead end.

youdao