To ultimately find one's hopes or expectations come to nothing; to have one's aspirations end in vain.
他投入了大量时间和精力去准备那次竞赛，希望能获得好名次，但最终还是终虚所望。
He invested a great deal of time and energy preparing for that competition, hoping to achieve a good ranking, but in the end, his hopes were ultimately dashed.
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Early Modern
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