白费力了.

***It was a waste of effort.

*waste "浪费"、"白搭",effort表示"努力"、"费尽力气".

My effort was wasted.

***All my effort went down the drain. 白费劲.

*(go) down the drain:(to be) wasted; (to get) very much worse 被浪费掉;变得非常糟糕
It's just money down the drain, you know. 你要知道.这是白白丢钱.
Safety standards have gone down the drain. 安全标准根本不管用了.
提示:如果在口语中能偶尔用上这个短语的话,还是很出彩的.

***a wild-goose chase

*wild goose表示"过路的大雁",chase意为"追赶".会话中常用.

Did you find him. (你找到他了吗?)

No, he led me on a wild-goose chase. (没有,白费了半天劲.)




What a pity! 太遗憾了!

What a shame! (多倒霉!)

Isn't it though? (就是呀!)

What a bummer!

Bummer! *口语中用来表示事情的进展不像自己所想象的那样.

*bummer:a disappointing or unpleasant situation 失望(或不愉快)的局面
It's a real bummer that she can't come. 她不能来,实在令人失望.
此单词在口语中很常见.

Too bad! (太糟糕了.)

That's too bad!



失望

***What a disappointment!真让人失望!

I didn't get a raise. What a disappointment! (没有给我提薪,真让人失望!)

That's too bad. (太遗憾了.)

***What a let-down!

*let-down:something that is disappointing because it is not as good as you expected it to be 令人失望的事;失望;沮丧

I'm disappointed with it.

This is disappointing.(这真令人扫兴.)



前功尽弃.

***All that for nothing. *事情进展得不那么顺利时,表示"我费了那么大的劲儿,我作出了那么多的努力,可是...".

It was all a waste.

It was all for nothing.

你真让我失望.

You let me down.

I'm sorry I didn't come to your wedding. (对不起,我没能参加你的婚礼.)

Yeah, you let me down. (是啊,我很失望.)

You disappointed me.



我真失策.

***I blew it. *常用俚语,表示'失败"、"失策"、"干了一件蠢事".

I blew it. I lost the customer. (我真失策,失去了那个客户.)

Make sure it doesn't happen again. (再也不要发生这样的事了.)

I screwed up.

I messed up. (我给搞砸了.)

It's all my fault. (全都是我的错.)



毫无办法.

It can't be helped.

There's nothing you can do about it. (这事一点儿办法都没有.)

纯属浪费时间.

It's a waste of time.

How was it? (怎么样?)

It was a waste of time talking to him. (跟他谈话,纯属浪费时间.)



我的心都碎了.

My heart broke.

I felt heart broken.

我的内心充满了悲伤.

My heart has been filled with grief. *be filled with... 表示"充满......",grief 表示"极度悲伤"、"悲叹".



没人能知道我的感受.

No one can understand how I really feel.

Please talk to me. (请跟我说说吧.)

No one can understand how I really feel. (没人能明白我的真实感受.)

No one can relate to me.

Nobody understands my feelings.



他满脸忧愁.

He looks melancholy.

He has a melancholy look.

今天,他看上去很郁闷. He looks gloomy today.
***gloomy 常用来形容"(天气等的)阴沉沉的",在此表示"烦闷、忧郁的感觉".



我提不起精神来做事.

I don't feel like doing anything.

I don't feel like doing anything today. (我今天什么都不想干.)

Come on! Let's get moving. (好了好了,咱们赶快点儿吧.)

I don't have any enthusiasm for life. (这辈子没什么能让我提起兴趣来.)



我很沮丧.

I'm depressed.

I'm depressed. I lost my job. (我很沮丧,因为我失去了工作.)

Cheer up! You'll get a new job. (打起精神来!你一定能找到新工作.)

I feel blue.

I feel low.

I feel really down.



我今天感到很忧郁.

I've got the blues today. *blue表示"忧郁的",blues表示"郁闷.忧郁症".

这真让人沮丧.

It's depressing.

No one understands me. It's depressing. (没人能理解我,真让人泄气.)

Don't talk like that! I understand you. (别那样说,我理解你.)

It's sad. (真可悲.)

It makes me feel depressed. (这使我感到闷闷不乐.)