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In another style of book, the source code just lays there as a dead mass, with the prose vainly trying to vivify it.
在另一类书中，源代码象死去的东西一样躺在那里，而文字叙述徒劳地试图使它复活。
Their father told them they could either “command respect” through their efforts, or be left vainly to “demand respect” from people who badmouthed them behind their backs.
他们的父亲告诉过他们，他们要么通过努力“赢得尊重”，要么徒劳地向那些背后会说你坏话的人“要来尊重”。
Many in the West hoped vainly that Mr Putin might turn out to be a liberal.
西方许多人都寄希望于普京会是一个自由派，结果发现全是徒劳。

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Even as terror struck Algiers, Camus was vainly urging a federal solution, with a place for French settlers.
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