是生气了还是做姿态，是正轨还是徒劳；

Has been angry or makes the posture, is the stock rail or the futile effort;

但这种努力完全是徒劳的。

It was a futile effort.

他在他们的后面高喊，想引起他们的注意，却是徒劳。

He shouted after them, vainly trying to attract their attention.

他知道抗议是徒劳的。

He knew it was useless to protest.

假装系统完美无疵是徒劳的。

It would be idle to pretend the system is perfect.

罪犯们徒劳地躲闪着探照灯光。

The criminals vainly sought concealment from the searchlight.

在与绝症进行了一番勇敢但却徒劳的抗争之后，他还是去世了。

He died after a brave but unavailing fight against a terminal illness.

他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。

After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.

父母们呼吁给她复职，但结果却只是徒劳。

Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.

他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。

He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow

试图将谋杀的罪责转嫁给他人是徒劳的。

It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else

起草委员会为按计划完成草案已通宵加班，但结果仍是徒劳。

The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule