vain
英 [veɪn]
美[ven]
- adj. 徒劳的；自负的；无结果的；无用的
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- She's too vain to wear glasses.
- 她太爱虚荣，不肯戴眼镜。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- All our efforts were in vain.
- 我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.
- 我认为他浅薄虚荣，不可信任。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《用法词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- I don't like a vain woman.
- 我讨厌爱慕虚荣的女人.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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》