a futile effort

基本解釋

A futile effort, too: Beijing won the games, and some would say the argument.
有人說(shuō)：“北京贏得了奧運(yùn)會(huì)（比賽games，又譯游戲）”，這么說(shuō)也只是無(wú)稽之談。
Last year it proposed tax incentives for companies to turn temps into regular employees—a futile effort when profits are scarce and jobs being slashed.
去年日本政府提出通過(guò)優(yōu)惠公司企業(yè)稅鼓勵(lì)它們將臨時(shí)員工轉(zhuǎn)為“普通”雇員——在利潤(rùn)少的可憐的情況下企業(yè)必將裁員，此舉可為無(wú)用功。
Affirmative won't, stationmaster people an end that sees you, although do not come out your T, your promotion also is make a futile effort !
肯定不會(huì)，站長(zhǎng)們一眼就看出你的目的了，即使不把你T出來(lái)，你的推廣也是徒勞無(wú)功啊！

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