He might have spent years, and quite a lot of money, on something that was going to prove to be a dead end.

他可能得花上好几年，花费掉许多钱，结果发现这一切全都扔在了被证明是没有进展的事情上。

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Azure, like the other cloud providers, will have to prove to be productive in order to be truly cost effective.

和其他云提供商一样，为了证明为其付出的成本是有效的，Azure需要证明它是有生产力的。

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Remember this date ladies and gentlemen; I think it's going to prove to be an important one in software and business history.

请记住这个日子，女士们先生们，我想，今天将被证实为软件和商业史上一个重要的日子。

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Ulysses Grant would prove to be much less successful in politics than in war.

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We should be able to try all things, to prove all things, and then decide whether or not we actually like it, whether it brings us some sort of pleasure or wisdom.

我们应该尝试所有东西，证实所有事情，然后决定我们是否真正喜欢它，它是否能带给我们快乐和智慧。

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We could choose any two quantities, and, in fact, it turns out that these are going to prove, after we have the second law, not to be the best choice.

我们可以任选两个物理量，其实，在学习了热力学第二定律之后，我们可以证明，这样的选择并不是最好的。

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The son is going to have to prove himself to be a capable manager.

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Unsurprisingly, most expect Michael Schumacher to prove to be the most adept at this.

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The DUP's Sammy Wilson questioned whether the government's proposed Enterprise Zones, which will deploy tax breaks and simplified planning laws to entice businesses to invest, will prove to be effective.

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