白费

[bái fèi]

Chinese-English

Web Definition

na.
1.
waste; in vain

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,wastewaste,in vainin vain,throw awaythrow away,WastedWasted,go for nothinggo for nothing
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Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
In the end the wait was futile as I was not granted permission to see my client at least not on this trip.
我们的等待白费了，这次的武汉之行没能被允许见到我的委托人。
wǒ men de děng dài bái fèi le , zhè cì de wǔ hàn zhī xíng méi néng bèi yǔn xǔ jiàn dào wǒ de wěi tuō rén 。
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2.
It might be considered to his trust to the professor or to his effort to free from his depression and try to find a way out.
3他可能以为教授不信赖他，他所作的努力白费了以至于他很沮丧，然后开始试着找寻问题所在。
sān tā kě néng yǐ wéi jiào shòu bù xìn lài tā , tā suǒ zuò de nǔ lì bái fèi le yǐ zhì yú tā hěn jǔ sàng , rán hòu kāi shǐ shì zhe zhǎo xún wèn tí suǒ zài 。
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3.
I spent so much time on her, but it was all in vain.
我在她身上花了那麽多时间，但是完全白费了。
wǒ zài tā shēn shàng huā le nà mó duō shí jiān , dàn shì wán quán bái fèi le 。
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4.
'I hoped it wasn't going to be a valiant effort wasted, ' recalled Coppell, 'but we had our bit of good fortune with the second goal.
“我希望我们勇敢的努力不会白费，”库佩尔回忆，“但第二个球我们确实有些走运。”
" wǒ xī wàng wǒ men yǒng gǎn de nǔ lì bú huì bái fèi , " kù pèi ěr huí yì , " dàn dì èr gè qiú wǒ men què shí yǒu xiē zǒu yùn 。 "
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5.
After a hurried and vain endeavour to thrust it in a drawer, she was forced to place it, open as it was, upon a table.
她打算把信塞到抽屉里，可是匆匆忙忙，白费力气，她只好把那封信，照原样敞开着放在桌子上。
tā dǎ suàn bǎ xìn sāi dào chōu tì lǐ , kě shì cōng cōng máng máng , bái fèi lì qi , tā zhǐ hǎo bǎ nà fēng xìn , zhào yuán yàng chǎng kāi zhe fàng zài zhuō zǐ shàng 。
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6.
This is going to take a lot of time and determination, given how much bad blood there is, and it may not work.
这需要花费大量的时间，并下很大的决心，而且如果你与他们积怨过深，你的这些努力还可能白费。
zhè xū yào huā fèi dà liàng de shí jiān , bìng xià hěn dà de jué xīn , ér qiě rú guǒ nǐ yǔ tā men jī yuàn guò shēn , nǐ de zhè xiē nǔ lì hái kě néng bái fèi 。
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7.
And, after all, it is not for nothing that I am punctuating what I am going to say about this stage.
毕竟，我一直在强调关于这个阶段，我的看法，并不是白费力气。
bì jìng , wǒ yì zhí zài qiáng diào guān yú zhè ge jiē duàn , wǒ de kàn fǎ , bìng bú shì bái fèi lì qi 。
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8.
Don't argue with Frank any longer. You are only wasting your breath trying to get him to contribute to the Red Cross.
不要与弗兰克再争下去了，你要他给红十字会捐款只不过是白费口舌而已。
bú yào yǔ fú lán kè zài zhēng xià qù le , nǐ yào tā gěi hóng shí zì huì juān kuǎn zhǐ bú guò shì bái fèi kǒu shé ér yǐ 。
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9.
Happy to be free again, the lion realized that his kindness had not been wasted.
在重获自由高兴之余，狮子认识到他的好心并没有白费。
zài chóng huò zì yóu gāo xìng zhī yú , shī zi rèn shi dào tā de hǎo xīn bìng méi yǒu bái fèi 。
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10.
But it is mere idleness to say that I had not lived before - that the soul has no previous existence.
但若说我在此之前不曾生活过——我的灵魂在此之前不曾存在过，那是白费口舌。
dàn ruò shuō wǒ zài cǐ zhī qián bù céng shēng huó guò —— wǒ de líng hún zài cǐ zhī qián bù céng cún zài guò , nà shì bái fèi kǒu shé 。
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