all to no purpose
基本解釋
- 一事無(wú)成
英漢例句
- He tried to find out the cause, but all to no purpose.
他試圖找出原因，但是全無(wú)結(jié)果。 - They read deep and learned books to him, and then the lightest and most trifling that could be found, but all to no purpose.
人們唸些深?yuàn)W的書(shū)給他聽(tīng)，或唸些世上最輕松的讀物給他聽(tīng)，但這對(duì)他的病也沒(méi)有什麼好処。 - There he plumed and dressed himself and washed his coat, but all to no purpose, for his plumage remained as black as ever, and he himself soon perished for his usual food.
烏鴉的羽毛仍像往常一樣黑。 而且，由於缺乏他賴(lài)以生存的食物，烏鴉不久後也就一命嗚呼了。
aking508.blog.163.com - But the result is an unwieldy hydra of a book that, having made its point early on, lashes out in all directions to no clear purpose.
ECONOMIST: America and Israel - Direct contacts with the Iraqi regime, if they are to be had at all, should be for no other purpose than to convey this message.
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