all in vain meaning in English
白费事
Examples
- Cardiac massage was tried but ( it was tried ) all in vain
试行了心脏按摩,但毫无效果。 - We tried everything to make the ramrod guard move , but all in vain
我们千方百计想让这个死板的卫兵移动一下,但都无济于事。 - I did it all in vain
白忙一场 - But haste was all in vain . the captain had been struck dead by thundering apoplexy
但是再快也无济于事了,船长由于中风,已经一命呜呼了。 - We did our best to waken the man who had taken an overdose of opium , but all to no purpose ( or all in vain )
我们尽力地要把吞了过量鸦片的这个人弄醒,可是全无效果。