| 1. | Another year and another dream had been eaten by the locusts .
又一年，又一个好梦因蝗虫而付诸流水了。 |
| 2. | . . . all of our work will have been for nothing
我们的努力就付诸流水了 |
| 3. | All of our work will have been for nothing
我们的努力就付诸流水了 |
| 4. | Otherwise , our efforts for all these years will be in vain
否则，我们这些年的努力都将付诸流水。 |
| 5. | Nancy : i know . and then all our work will have been wasted
南施：是啊，到时我们所有准备工作都会付诸流水。 |
| 6. | All our efforts went down the drain when the power went out . now we have to do the whole experiment again
电一停，我们的努力全都付诸流水。现在我们的实验得整个重新来过。 |
| 7. | We ' ve learned how to make a living , but not a life ; we ' ve added years to life , not life to years
我们掌握了谋生手段，却不懂得生活真谛；我们让年华付诸流水，却不曾将生命倾注其中。 |
| 8. | When carrian suspended trading , everybody was aghast ! many had lost their life - long savings yet there was nothing they could do except to sigh in anguish
记得当佳宁宣布停牌时，大家都给吓傻了，许多人毕生积蓄付诸流水，欲哭无泪。 |
| 9. | This is very important to me , and i trained harder than any of those people next to me , and i know that since my coach told me please dont let all of my hard effort and pain go to waste
这次比赛对我十分重要，我所受的训练比身边任何一位选手都来得辛苦，我之所以知道是因为教练曾经这样告诉过我。因此，请不要让我辛苦的努力与承受的痛苦全都付诸流水。 |
| 10. | In both areas , many residents had lost their crops and livelihoods to the rising river water . but the intrepid volunteers attempted to improve conditions by helping to clean up vinyl houses and flood affected fields , roads and hillsides
这两区居民的农作物和他们赖以维生的东西，多数都付诸流水，我们尽量帮忙这两个地区的居民，协助他们清理房屋和受灾的环境，如马路和山腰地带。 |
