Efforts to convince her were
futile.
试图说服她所作的努力是徒劳的。
It would be
futile to argue with her.
去跟她争辩是徒劳的。
Eric is a
futile sort of person.
埃里克是一个无用的人。
Without trust, "I think all our efforts towards achieving the SDG goals probably will be futile", he said.
It came close to a 49 percent stake when the Chinese government gave its nod in late 2014, but the effort ended up futile as the emissions scandal soon erupted.