1.A tight noseband is a vain attempt to disguise the fact that your horse is not ready for the things you are asking him to do.
紧的鼻革是徒劳的掩饰，它只能说明你的马没有准备好去做你要求他做的事情。
2.They began to panic the four she, in a vain attempt to discover the vast sea of humanity lives lover.
他们开始惊惶的四处张望，妄图在茫茫人海中寻找今生的爱人。
3.The hapless lynx turns and twists in a vain attempt to throw its pursuer off the chase, but the hunter will not be denied.
倒霉的山猫徒劳地折来折去，想摆脱追它的猎手，可猎手却毫不罢休。
4.The United States attorney-general is suing her as she sits, in a vain attempt to make her dissolve herself into constituent companies.
美国联邦检察长此刻正在起诉她，要让她把新泽西公司分解成系列子公司，而她却还在坐童车，岂不徒劳？
5.Last week, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said the media mogul was engaged in a vain attempt to "put the genie back in the bottle" .
上周，Twitter创办人之一BizStone称，这位传媒巨头是在反其道而行之，这种行为无异于把放出来的精灵重新放回神灯中一样毫无意义。
6.That scab union was a tool used by the capitalists in their vain attempt to damp down the labour movement.
那个黄色工会是资本家妄图用来扑灭工人运动的工具。
7.Army Corps of confusion in the whole, in a vain attempt to put the world under the rule of the king.
混乱军团整军出发，妄图将世界置于其大王的统治之下。
8.Those without umbrellas had covered their heads with plastic bags, towels and books in a vain attempt to stay dry.
有些人没有雨伞，于是用塑料袋、毛巾或书本遮头，试图防雨，结果还是淋湿了。
9.Another way that people use language to hide their ideas in a vain attempt to sound impressive is to write in a distant, impersonal tone.
为了让自己的表达显得有说服力，人们还采取了另一种手段，徒劳地来掩盖自己的真实思想：语气疏离，不带感情色彩。
10.He's excused himself to shut a door, a vain attempt to muffle the din of clashing light sabres and other frankly weird clanging noises.
海登为自己必须把门关上表示歉意，他试图减轻那些光剑的撞击声以及其他相当古怪的叮当声引发的喧闹，不过好象没什么用处。