His efforts were to no avail.

他的努力是徒劳的。

The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail.

医生千方百计想使他活下来，但无济于事。

He had the receptionist almost jumping through hoops for him. But to no avail.

他让接待员为他几乎饱经折磨，但根本没有用。

I pleaded, but to no avail.

我苦苦哀求，但无济于事。

Her powers of persuasion were to no avail.

她的说服力没有起到作用。

We opposed the proposal but to no avail.

我们反对这个提议，但没用。

All to no avail.

但这一切都无济于事。

Mr Pan deleted his original blog post but to no avail.

潘石屹先生后来删除了原先的微博，但于事无补。

America has invited the Russians to join in, to no avail.

虽然美国已经邀请俄罗斯参加，但是被拒绝了。

I searched everywhere, including in the car, to no avail.

我到处都找遍了，连车里都找过了，但是什么也没找到。

Usually, they have tried all proven therapies, to no avail.

一般来说，他们已然尝试过所有经过验证的疗法，却徒劳无功。

Both of them have searched for jobs for months, to no avail.

对于工作，这对夫妇已经寻觅了数月之久，但是依然没有收获。

Well, I know I am now, no matter what to say to no avail of!

好了，我知道我现在不管说什么也是没有用的了！

So the guard watched him ever more closely, but to no avail.

所以警卫更加小心地盯紧他，但是这样做完全于事无补。

We try to help, giving our time and soul, but it's to no avail.

我们试图付出时间和灵魂来帮助，但一切都无济于事。

He also called the New York police and asked, to no avail, for help.

他也给纽约警署报警并且要去其帮助，完全无用。

They have searched everywhere for the missing child, but to no avail.

他们到处寻找那个失踪的孩子，但是徒劳无功。

Club has expressed dissatisfaction with the statement, but to no avail.

俱乐部曾就此发表声明表示不满，但仍无济于事。

Hood had been laboring to automate DNA sequencing for years, to no avail.

这些年来，Hood一直努力实现DNA测序自动化，但一直徒劳无功。

Over the last year, Alibaba has sought to buy back Yahoo's stakes in it, but to no avail.

过去的一年里，阿里巴巴一直寻求回购被雅虎持有的股份，但无济于事。

Both police and local volunteers were employed to contain the unruly crowd, often to no avail.

举办方雇佣了警察和本地志愿者维持人群秩序，但是往往都收效甚微。

Desperate to find work as the economy tipped into chaos, Ms Babikan scoured job ads to no avail.

在经济陷入一片混乱之际，Babikan女士拼命找工作。

He tried to send his rays through the clouds but to no avail - they were too far away, and too thick.

他努力地想透过云彩但是没用——它们太远了也太厚了。

His mother first tried to get him treatment in Iraq, to no avail; the situation simply was too dangerous.

他妈妈开始时曾试图在伊拉克给他治病，不见起色；处境简直太糟糕了。

And I did everything humanly possible within my power to keep him on a treatment regimen, but, alas, to no avail.

我做了所有力所能及的事让他继续治疗，但是毫无效果。

I have not had any intimate relations with my wife for more than five years. We have discussed it, but to no avail.

我已经五年多没有和我老婆亲热过了，对此我们也讨论过，却一直没有什么成效。

Scientists have been searching for an accurate way to measure pain beyond a patient's self-report, but to no avail.

科学家一直在研究一项不依靠病人自我报告的、能精确测量出疼痛感的方法，却一直不得要领。

The prime minister had apparently hoped to circumvent this complaint through despatching two cards, but to no avail.

布莱尔显然是希望通过寄送两种不同的贺卡来解决这种不满，但是结果却完全没用。

Record Contextual Details About the Moment - There have been times when I've attempted to review a note to no avail.

记录下该时刻发生的背景细节——曾经我就尝试过重温一个笔记结果无功而返。