It was a fruitless search.

那是一次毫无结果的搜寻。

After a fruitless search, he told his mother the lens was nowhere to be found.

找了一会儿，他汇报母亲找不到了。

As the map went no further north than Hungary, I decided to save him a fruitless search.

因为这张地图最北面是匈牙利，我决定不要让他再无效寻找了。

So when your fruitless search fills you with angst and self-doubt, always remember the following truths about job hunting.

所以当你毫无结果的搜索让你充满焦虑和自我怀疑，一定得记住下面有关求职的事实。

For many, this is the only form of economic redistribution they will see in the coming years as they continue a fruitless search for jobs.

对很多人而言，接下去几年里，他们可能还是会徒劳地寻找着工作，打劫是唯一可行的重新分配财富的方式。