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英式：[veɪn]
美式：[veɪn]
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vain单词基本解析：
adj.徒劳的，不成功的; 无望的; 自负的，虚荣的adj.自负的, 徒劳的, 无效的, 虚荣的
adj.徒劳的；自负的；无结果的；无用的
vain变化用词：
比较级:vainer;最高级:vainest;副词: vainly | 形容词比较级: vainer | 形容词最高级: vainest | 名词: vainness |
vain英英释义：
Adjective1. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance;
"a conceited fool"
"an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"
"an egotistical disregard of others"
"so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"
"growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"
"vain about her clothes"
2. unproductive of success;
"a fruitless search"
"futile years after her artistic peak"
"a sleeveless errand"
"a vain attempt"
形容词 vain:
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
同义词：conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed
unproductive of success
同义词：bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless
vain[ 英[veɪn] 美[ven] ]adj.characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance"vain about her clothes"
同义词：conceitedegotisticegotisticalself-conceitedswollenswollen-headed
unproductive of success"a vain attempt"
同义词：bootlessfruitlessfutilesleeveless
vain中文词源：
vain 徒劳的，虚无的 来自拉丁语vanus,空的，虚无的，来自PIE*wa-no,分开的，遗弃的，词源同vacate,want,wane.vain用法和例句：
She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.
她紧闭双眼，却无法忍住眼泪。
I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer.
我敲门敲得很响，希望有人应声，却是徒然。
She's too vain to wear glasses.
她太爱虚荣，不肯戴眼镜。
They tried in vain to persuade her to go.
他们极力劝说她去，但枉费了一番口舌。
All our efforts were in vain.
我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。
The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule...
起草委员会为按计划完成草案已通宵加班，但结果仍是徒劳。
I was singing in a vain effort to cheer him up.
我唱歌试图让他高兴起来，结果是白费力气。
He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health.
他娶了第四个老婆苏珊，徒然希望她能使他健康状况好转。
I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.
我认为他浅薄虚荣，不可信任。
He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence...
他在门口停住，徒然地等待她和自己打招呼。
It became obvious that all her complaints were in vain.
很明显她所有的抱怨都是白费口舌。
He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.
他想让全世界都知道，他的儿子不是白白死去的。
As he stood there, the sun went behind the clouds, leaving the room gloomy.
此时太阳光忽然躲起来了, 厢房里便显得很阴暗.
子夜部分
They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.
他们企图使这些陈旧的工业现代化,结果劳而无功.
《简明英汉词典》
It is vain to resist.
抵抗是没用的.
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He is vain of his speech.
他对自己的发言很得意.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Their blood was not shed in vain.
他们的血没有白流.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The principal made another vain appeal for better equipment in the school laboratory.
校长又一次请求增加学校实验设备,但又是一场空.
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He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.
他试图接近那个快淹死的小孩,但没有成功.
《简明英汉词典》
In making that plea he will breathe in vain.
他做那种恳求是白费口舌的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
He's very vain of his abilities.
他对于自己的能力很自负.
《简明英汉词典》
All his efforts were in vain.
他的一切努力都归无效.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
He could not bring himself to like the boastful, vain Arabella.
他无法让自己喜欢爱夸耀的 、 虚荣的阿拉贝拉.
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I don't like a vain woman.
我讨厌爱慕虚荣的女人.
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In the eye of the Buddhist, every worldly affair is vain.
在佛教徒的眼里, 人世上一切事情都是空的.
《用法词典》
I read his article again and again, trying hard to understand what he was driving at but in vain.
我把他的文章读了一遍又一遍, 但对他的意图仍百思不解.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.
他是如此虚荣狂妄,宁可和人翻脸, 有笑话却不能不说.
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Who's been taking my name in vain? I don't hold such an opinion.
谁在滥用我的名义? 我不赞成这个建议.
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We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子,但没有找到.
《简明英汉词典》
vain
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain.
[宠爱是欺诈的,美丽是空虚的.
Why don't you refuse these vain flatteries?
|那你为什么不拒绝这些没有意义的奉承？
"Denial to me is vain," replied Mr. Brownlow.
“在我面前抵赖是徒劳的，”布朗劳先生说。
In vain he craves advice that will not follow it.
不听劝告的人，求人指点也是空。
Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.
不要沉溺于空虚的希望。
Let no man deceive you with vain words.
不要让别人用愚蠢的言辞来欺骗你。
But the effort is largely in vain.
不过大多数努力只是徒劳。
The world had made him extravagant and vain.
世俗使他变得放荡不羁，虚荣自负。
You shall wish in vain for the future!
今后你就别妄想了！
He wasted his life in the vain pursuit of pleasure.
他为了追求享乐而白白虚度了一生。
He still reasoned with her, but in vain.
他仍在与她辩论，但是辩论也没用。
They tried in vain to whip the school into shape.
他们企图强制改革该学校，但没有成功。
They tried to rally the pound sterling but in vain.
他们企图恢复英镑币值，但劳而无功。
They tried to make the boy open up but in vain.
他们企图迫使那男孩把秘密说出来，可是没有成功。
They made vain attempts to reach the mountaintop.
他们几次徒然尝试想攀登山顶。
They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.
他们尽量使她快乐，却徒劳无功。
Their lives have not been laid down in vain.
他们并没有白白牺牲。
They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.
他们怎么也找不到一个藏身的地方。
They endeavored to make her happy, but in vain.
他们想方设法地使她高兴, 但那是徒劳的。
All their attempts were in vain.
他们所有的尝试都是徒劳。
They tried in vain to persuade her to go.
他们极力劝说她去，但枉费了一番口舌。
They tried in vain to frighten him with threats.
他们百般恫吓，依然无效。
Their efforts were not in vain.
他们的努力没白费。
Their blood was not shed in vain.
他们的血没有白流。
They tried in vain to bend the rules of the game.
他们篡改比赛规则的企图没有成功。
They tried in vain to buy off the opposition.
他们试图出钱使反对意见撤回，但没有成功。
They tried in vain to pour oil upon troubled waters.
他们试图平息风波，但没有成功。
They tried in vain to fix up their differences.
他们试图解决他们的矛盾,但没有成功。
He tried in vain to set on the crew of the ship to rebellion.
他企图怂恿那艘船的船员叛变，但没有成功。
He tried in vain to lure her away from husband and home.
他企图诱使她离开丈夫和家庭，结果是枉费心机。
He tried in vain to get to the teacher to pass the test.
他企图贿赂老师让他过关却白费心机。
In making that plea he will breathe in vain.
他做那种恳求是白费口舌的。
He was vain and touchy to the point of hysteria.
他十分虚荣、神经过敏，几乎到了歇斯底里的程度。
He beat the bushes for his wife, but in vain.
他四处找他太太,但却是白费力气。
He tried in vain to write down the movement.
他妄图写文章诋毁这个运动，可是枉费心机。
He's very vain of his abilities.
他对于自己的能力很自负。
He was vain about his appearance.
他对自己的外貌颇为得意。
He tried in vain to bring his temper under control.
他徒劳地想控制自己的脾气。
He tried in vain to push through the crowd.
他怎么也无法从人群中挤过。
He tried in vain to memorize the poem.
他怎么背都没办法把那首诗背出来。
He tried in vain to attain to fame.
他想出名但没有成功。
The person is a vain statue.wear taciturnity calm.
他是一座孤傲的雕像，缄默不语。。。
Irishman, very vain, homely as a monkey.
他是个短小精干的爱尔兰人，非常自负，丑得象只猴子。
He tried in vain to clear himself of the suspicion.
他未能消除人们对他的怀疑。
All his father's exhortations were in vain.
他父亲的一切劝告都无效。
He tried to push the door,but in vain.
他用力去推门，但推不开。
He tried in vain to catch the butterfly on the flower.
他白费力气想抓住停在花上的蝴蝶。
His wife was vain and extravagant.
他的妻子虚荣、奢侈。
He tried to object against me for the position, but in vain.
他竭力反对我获取那个职位，但没有成功。
The police hunts for him but in Vain.
他行踪神秘,令警方束手无策。
He tried in vain to get into contact with the local branch.
他试图与当地分部取得联络，但没有成功。
He tried to console herm but in vain.
他试图安慰她，但是徒劳。
He tried to hustle along through the crowd, but in vain.
他试图挤著穿过人群,但是过不去。
He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.
他试图接近那个快淹死的小孩, 但没有成功。
He sought to deceive his parents but in vain.
他试图欺骗双亲,但白费心机。
You will not die in vain, and Taylan.
你不会白死的，泰兰。
Your sacrifice will not be in vain.
你不会白白牺牲的。
It is in vain for you to control me.
你别想控制我。
Have you been taking my name in vain again?
你又在滥用我的名义吧?
With that kind of man you will plead in vain.
你恳求那种人将是白费力气。
Your praying is in vain It'll all be over soon!
你祈祷是徒劳!一切就要完了!
Unfortunately, that hope had proved in vain.
使人扫兴的是，这种希望成了泡影。
Leverage mechanism for preventing labor in vain.
使用杠杆式夹具操作，可以达到省力的作用。
Faith is not built on vain disquisitions.
信仰并不奠立于那种徒劳的穷根究底。
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.
先生，大事化小，小事化无的做法无济于事。
But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.
可是，二趾蟾蜍徒劳无功。
To eat and then to empty your bowels -- is this not to eat in vain?
吃饭于前，又拉屎于后，不是白吃了吗?
The dog that bites do not bark in vain.
咬人狗，不空吠。
Hullo! Who's that, taking my name in vain?
喂！是谁在那儿议论我？
It is vain to hold on your own view.
固执己见是没有用的。
Odysseus had not laboured in vain.
奥德修斯的努力并未白费。
She's just a vain, foolish woman.
她不过是个愚蠢自负的女人。
She' s very vain about her good looks.
她为她那好的容貌而自负。
She struggle against fatality in vain.
她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。
She tried in vain to push through the crowd.
她怎么也无法从人群中挤过去。
She tried in vain to attain to fame.
她想出名但没有成功。
She is vain and extravagant.
她既爱虚荣又奢侈。
She is a frivolous little fool, vain and flighty.
她是个单纯轻浮的小傻女孩儿。
She had a right to be vain of it.
她满有理由为它感到骄傲。
She yearned in vain to make herself known to her father.
她绞尽了脑汁想不出办法能使她的父亲认出她来。
用作形容词(adj.)She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
她自负而愚蠢，然而人们喜欢她。
She is vain of her voice.
她自以为她的声音了不起。
They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.
他们尽量使她快乐，却徒劳无功。
All his father's exhortations were in vain.
他父亲的一切劝告都无效。
We tried in vain to make him change his mind.
我们想使他改变主意，结果是白费心机。
The world had made him extravagant and vain.
世俗使他变得放荡不羁，虚荣自负。
She is so vain that she can't pass a mirror without looking into it.
她好爱虚荣,每经过一面镜子都要照一下。