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He says that by making them into a sculpture, he has made useless objects useful again.

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Hobbes wrote, "I am at the point of believing that my labors will be " as useless as the commonwealth of Plato."

贺伯斯写到，“我在此要相信,我的努力将如同,柏拉图的国家一样不具实用“

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I think that what it would lead to would be useless votes.

我认为强制投票会产生许多无用的选票。

对于义务投票制 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Having that many outfielders who are that useless is a problem in its own right, but also a symptom of something else, like an inability to develop or acquire certain kinds of talent.

WSJ: The Mets' Abstract Exhibit

Left to savor are virtuoso touches, like a flock of birds that becomes useless paper, a train that glides along the surface of a lake, and one of the great villains of all time, Yubaba, who looks like a bobble-headed grandmother on speed.

NEWYORKER: Spirited Away

An expense of resources that is useless or harmful is worse than the alternative, which is to do nothing, however dreadful that might be.

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