A handful of congressmen have called (fruitlessly) for him to be fired.

少数议员(徒劳的)要求他下岗。

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In any case I would not leave fruitlessly, unless you pay and kiss me good bye.

在任何情况下，我不会离开果，除非你支付和吻我再见。

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We searched fruitlessly for thirty minutes until I had a third-degree sunburn on my bald spot.

我们搜索了三十多分钟，直到我的秃顶被日头晒的三度灼伤，也没有看到鞋的影子。

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, called fruitlessly on all factions to end their feuding.

ECONOMIST: Resolution of sorts

Since then, explorers and geographers have fruitlessly sought to identify Thule based on these scant ancient references.

FORBES

Utilities had spent decades fruitlessly attempting ways to provide data to homes and businesses over their ubiquitous wires.

FORBES: Tilting at power lines