But Rowley forgot to put batteries in his CD player, so it was pretty much worthless.
天杀的罗利拿了随身听竟然忘记拿电池，所以我们是竹篮打水一场空。Meanwhile, the British government is scrambling to avert a similar fiasco.
与此同时，英国政府正赶着避免类似的竹篮打水一场空。This cosy arrangement has now been threatened by the Liberals' recent decision to re-unite ahead of municipal elections due in November.
不过，自由党人最近决定要在预定于11月份市政选举的前夕进行党内重组，因此奥尔特加的巧妙布局可能会是竹篮打水一场空。Winners make money in different ways, while all losers fall into the same wastebasket of impulsivity .
赢家用不同的方法赚钱，输家由于冲动而竹篮打水一场空。If you focus on shopping, celebrity worship, reality-tv, gang culture & delusional nationalism you will achieve nothing.
如果你把注意力放在购物、名人崇拜、真人秀、帮会文化和虚妄的民族主义中，你只是竹篮打水一场空而已。She always played tricks behind everyone's back , but just to throw out the baby with the bath .
她老爱在大家的背后耍花招，到头来只是竹篮打水一场空。He once hired 82 scientists to develop a small nuclear reactor as a low-cost energy source, but it came to nothing and cost $17 million.
他还一度雇佣了82位科学家来开发一种小型核反应堆作为廉价能源，耗资高达1700万美元，到头来却竹篮打水一场空。Iraq is a disaster, the surge a failure, and Bush's exercise in nation building a total washout.
伊拉克是一场灾难，增兵是失败的，而且布什在那儿重建国家的努力完全是竹篮打水一场空。If the past is any guide, those promises will prove empty.
如果以历史为鉴，这些承诺将是竹篮打水一场空。