Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object can not live---Percy Bysshe Shelley, British poet.

没有希望的工作就像往筛子里泼洒甘露（喻徒劳无功），没有目标的希望不会实现---P.B。雪莱，英国诗人。

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Without hope for the future, hard work at a low-paid job makes no sense.

如果对未来不抱有希望，那么在一份低薪工作上努力显得毫无意义。

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After almost a year without a job, he found work with a British television production company, and he is waiting, in hope of a United States visa, to get out of Iraq.

过了一年无业游民的日子，他找到了一家英国电视出品公司的工作，他也在等待，等待一个美国签证，离开伊拉克。

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