那是一次毫无结果的搜寻。

It was a fruitless search.

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石油变得越来越难找，对它的搜寻也随之延伸到了更恶劣的环境。

As oil becomes increasingly difficult to find, the search for it is extended into more hostile environments.

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bugs That is a problem that may not terminate.

随机的在代码中去搜寻。

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From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them.

从那时起，真理的朋友非常悲痛，只要看到尘土漫天飞扬，就学着伊西斯寻找被损害的欧西里斯,一样仔细寻找真理的影子，上上下下搜寻真理的碎片就像似乎他们真的能找到一样。

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