It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.

沒(méi)有土壤，播種也是徒勞。

The mind is like a field. If one doesn' t plant good seeds, one can not reap a good harvest.

人的心地就是一畦田。土地沒(méi)有播下好的種子，也長(zhǎng)不出好的果實(shí)。

Don't some soil micro-organisms have the same effects?

有些土壤微生物不是也有這種作用嗎?

With exception of soils that are cold and wet at planting time, no evidence exists that surface broadcasting of potassium fertilizer is not an adequate method of fertilization under reduced tillage.

除非在播種時(shí)土壤寒冷潮濕，沒(méi)有證據(jù)表明在少耕制下鉀肥地表撒施是一種不適當(dāng)?shù)姆椒ā?/p>

SOD. Without clear objectives, chances are that a meeting will be unproductive.

沒(méi)有明確目標(biāo)的會(huì)議多半是徒勞無(wú)功。

Sod seeding is now a practicable proposition on permanent pastures of the better soils.

在有比較優(yōu)良的土壤的永久草場(chǎng)上，草皮播種是一項(xiàng)可行的事。

as is also the labour of the sower and of the reaper.

播種者和收割者的勞動(dòng)也是如此。

Disease can be spread by dirty tools, insects, inoculated soil.

疾病也能由不干凈的工具，昆蟲(chóng)，接種的土壤傳播。

Father raked the soil smooth for a seed-bed.

父親耙平土壤做播種床。

It is no good having a super model of a horse if it has not got the right aptitude for learning and a heart big enough to keep trying when the chips are down.

如果馬匹沒(méi)有善于學(xué)習(xí)的資質(zhì)，和在緊要關(guān)頭不斷努力的雄心，再好的身體也是徒勞。

It was a vain effort.

這種努力是徒勞無(wú)益的。

At first, perhaps, the systematic sowing was done in flooded lands.

最初的有組織的播種也許是在泛濫過(guò)的土地上進(jìn)行的。

No one who isn't directly involved would ever believe the incredible duplication and futility.

不直接卷入的人沒(méi)有一個(gè)會(huì)相信這種不可置信的重復(fù)和徒勞。

"No soil is pure clay, silt, sand or gravel, but a soil may contain a large amount of one of these. "

沒(méi)有什么土壤是單純的粘粒、粉粒、砂粒和礫石。只不過(guò)是某種土粒為主而已。

The Puritan settlement at Plymouth Plantation, although not organized with profits in mind, did not and indeed could not ignore economic considerations.

清教徒建立普利茅斯種植園時(shí)盡管心里想的不是利潤(rùn)，但沒(méi)有也不可能忽視經(jīng)濟(jì)方面的利益。

a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing.

一種農(nóng)具，有一個(gè)或多個(gè)重的刃片在播種前來(lái)破開(kāi)土壤制成犁溝。

The stronger the will, the more futile the task.

這種意志越是強(qiáng)烈，這種嘗試越是徒勞。

It is futile to develop perverted knowledge that increases envy and the other five poisons.

若長(zhǎng)養(yǎng)知識(shí)，卻徒增嫉妒與五毒，也是徒勞。