" Well, I'd hate to think I was climbing through wardrobes and suffering the pangs of frustrated lust all for naught" .

" 哎，若是这么憋住一身欲火，大费周章地爬过衣橱，结果半点用也没有，我也不会喜欢。"

Thank goodness my fears were all for naught. The dress still looked exactly the same, but it now fit as if it had been made especially for me.

谢天谢地，我的担心都是多余的。礼服仍跟以前一样，不过现在我穿上正合适，仿佛它是为我度身定造的一样。

He continually dipped into the money he had earned from his books and even his wife's family inheritance to keep the dying machine afloat, but it was all for naught.

他不断挪用作品的收入甚至妻子家族的遗产来贴补这款濒临淘汰的机器的运转，但这一切已经是徒劳无功了。