futile cycle

基本解释

The method reduces futile cycle of materials, and remarkably improves the production efficiency of equipment.
該方法減少了物料的無傚循環，顯著提高設備的生産傚率。
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Yet the progressive economic policy-making coming out of Washington today rests on the futile attempt to escape the corporate cycle of life that lies at the heart of capitalism.
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Anything we do feels like busy work and seems to yield no answers, so it seems futile to invite others into the same cycle.
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