To act upon the angry feelings those situations provoke, however, is an exercise in futility.

然而，对这些情况引起的愤怒情绪采取行动，是徒劳的。

" It is an exercise in futility, as well as fundamentally inaccurate and reductionist to try to suggest that the movement is some form of monolithic actor, " Baconi continues.

“试图暗示这场运动是某种形式的单一参与者，这是徒劳的，从根本上说是不准确和简化的。”

In April Morris Chang, former chairman of tsmc, bluntly called America's attempt to reshore chip production an " exercise in futility" , pointing to high costs and the lack of engineering expertise.

4 月，台积电前董事长张忠谋直言美国将芯片生产回流海外的尝试是“徒劳无益的尝试”，指出成本高昂且缺乏工程专业知识。