rack one's brains without results
枉───In vain;费───fee
All our efforts were in vain.───我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。
They tried in vain to persuade her to go.───他们极力劝说她去,但枉费了一番口舌。
She searched in vain for her passport.───她翻找自己的护照,但没找着。
Now grown up, for you; I am strong, and for you; I changed for you. I know it is all in vain!───现在长大了,为你;我坚强了,为你;我改变着,为你。只是我知道这一切都是徒然!
Let me not grope in vain in the dark but keep my mind still in the faith that the day will break and truth will appear in its simplicity.───我不要在黑暗里徒然摸索,却该使头脑冷静地深信白天必将降临,真理也将出现在
You must not come back, or else how can you leave me one? But there was no you, no matter how much happiness is all in vain.───你一定是不回来了,要不你怎么会留下我一个呢?可是没有你,再多的幸福也是枉然。
I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.