vano
futile ; fatuous ; vain ; useless ; unavailing.
To describe discursively all that an imaginatively successful scene in fiction or drama or poem says, means and is would be futile.
We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.
Numerous titles which have to be entered under the title, as you prescribed are completely useless.
Shrigley finds humour in flat depictions of the inconsequential, the unavailing and the bizarre - although he is far fonder of violent or otherwise disquieting subject matter.
aunque en vano
but (all) to no avail
I have tried a few different ways of helping him remember the difference but to no avail.
búsqueda en vano
wild goose chase
The article 'The Wild Goose Chase' is a review essay on Umberto Eco's book, The Search for the Perfect Language, tracing the evolution of the search for a perfect universal language from biblical times through the present.
en vano
vainly
in vain
uselessly
helplessly
to no avail
futilely
without any avail
of no avail
to no purpose
to no effect
pointlessly
A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.
In vain I walked from one end of London to the other, and trod the 'stony-hearted streets' from morning to night, day after day.
'Out of the secretarial world it comes, the prime example of the untethered query, bobbing uselessly about till one can tell what caused it to be launched'.
Before saying anything, she glanced long into the humid eyes of the woman sitting helplessly in front of her.
So when the user looked to no avail under all of these entries, he understandably concluded the library did not own the volume.
She pleaded, futilely, in broken French, until an elderly man, hearing the commotion, came to her rescue.
I have been searching for a solution to this problem without any avail - Maybe someone here can offer a suggestion?.
All medicines were tried but of no avail, he remained in his state of absolute forgetfulness of the world.
What is true of mankind as a whole is true of each of us individually: we are here to no purpose.
My grandpa is having some problems with sleeping and I have tried to help by giving diazepam but it was to no effect.
The Arabic press has been maundering on pointlessly for decades about the rise and fall of Osama bin Laden.
esperanza vana
forlorn hope
As the student has been warned, referral must never be used as a forlorn hope = Como el estudiante ha sido advertido, el envío a un especialista nunca debe usarse como una esperanza vana.
gastar esfuerzos en vano
spin + Posesivo + wheels
I am beginning to think that the rest of the world will leave us behind if we keep spinning our wheels with all this tit for tat nonsense.
luchar en vano
fight + a losing battle
However, with the increasing numbers of periodicals, censorship was fighting a losing battle.
protestar en vano
bay at + the moon
bark at + the moon
Let us not bay at the moon in demanding additional resources, but rather let us seek greater freedom in using the resources we have.
There was a time when they could actually influence things - these days they're just barking at the moon hoping they're not in the next layoff.
quejarse en vano
bay at + the moon
bark at + the moon
Let us not bay at the moon in demanding additional resources, but rather let us seek greater freedom in using the resources we have.
There was a time when they could actually influence things - these days they're just barking at the moon hoping they're not in the next layoff.
resultar en vano
prove + unavailing
Every effort to renew her strength proved unavailing, and she died in 1867, greatly beloved and lamented.
ser en vano
be of no avail
be to no avail
prove + unavailing
This, however, was of no avail, for the whole cavity, including the external meatus, was gradually obliterated.
However this was to no avail and the ship struck bottom.
Every effort to renew her strength proved unavailing, and she died in 1867, greatly beloved and lamented.
trabajar en vano
spin + Posesivo + wheels
I am beginning to think that the rest of the world will leave us behind if we keep spinning our wheels with all this tit for tat nonsense.
