A WORD, A WORLD
vain
释义
- adj.
- 徒劳的；枉然的；无结果的；自负的
- 网络
- 白费；虚荣的；空虚的
展开详细释义
adj.
1.徒劳的;虚荣的;空虚的
2.无谓的,毫无用处;落空,枉费心机,徒劳无益的
3.徒然的,无益的,没效果的;愚蠢的;不足道的
4.自夸的,自负的;爱虚荣的
5.虚荣,爱虚荣,企慕名誉;虚荣自负
6.空的,空虚的;虚有其表的,表面好看的,虚饰的
7.空泛;空虚的
8.自负,不自量,自高自大的;得意,颇为得意
9.自以为的
10.轻浮
词形变化
比较级：vainer 最高级：vainest
常用短语 2 组
- in vain
- 徒然；无效
- vain glory
- 虚荣
在例句中理解 34 句
But surely if a man's world be the sum of his sensible perceptions, he has no reason to be vain of such a world.
但假如他的世界只是一堆感觉印象的聚集体，那么他就没有理由以这种世界自豪。
'We want to show you our commitment, ' he said. 'The time you have taken to come here will not be in vain. '
他说，我们将向你们表明我们的承诺，你此行不会白费。
and I saw myself, if I ventured nearer, dashed to death upon the rough shore, or spending my strength in vain to scale the beetling crags.
我寻思着，假如我贸然靠近的话，不是被大浪拍死在嶙峋的岩石上就是在攀登悬崖峭壁时耗尽精力。
We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.
我们已经从每一个可能的角度提出了这个问题，但是都是徒劳。
It makes me sad, missing her when watching shows that smiling face, my heart did not like the sustenance like, mind empty and vain.
这让我难过，不见了她看节目时的那种笑脸，我的心也像没了寄托似的，脑子里空虚虚的。
In the final chapter, "Markets Need Morals" , the reader looks in vain for a bit of detail about how such a code might be imposed.
在最后一章—“市场需要道德约束”—中，如果有读者试图寻找丝毫关于这种模式如何实现的细节阐述，那他注定是徒劳的。
After trying in vain to control the unruly class, the young and inexperienced instructor had to admit that he was at eth end of his tether.
试图控制这个难弄的班级但不见生效后，这个缺乏经验的年轻教师不得不承认，他已无法可施。
"Betty" seems to be just a gimmick, to be used in a vain , to win some unnecessary criticism and saliva.
“贝蒂”似乎只是一个噱头，白白被利用了一场，赢得一些无谓的口水和批判。
He lifted his voice against the whirlwind, shouting louder and louder in a vain desire to hear himself speak.
他顶着旋风提高了嗓门叫起来，为了能听到自己说话，他的叫声越来越大，但依然什么也听不见。
Floyd Landis made several lame excuses blaming medicine he had been taking for an injury but these were all in vain.
弗洛伊德兰迪斯做了一些漏洞百出的辩解，说他服用的药物是为了疗伤，但所有这些都是徒劳的。语境。
In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.
我责打你们的儿女是徒然的，他们不受惩治。你们自己的刀吞灭你们的先知，好像残害的狮子。
Paddy jumped to his feet, his face stupefied; he had never heard Fee take the name of the Lord in vain before.
帕迪跳起来了，他的面容发呆。从前他从未听见菲这样漫不经心地亵渎上帝的圣名。
they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.
作梦者所说的是假梦，他们白白地安慰人。所以众人如羊流离，因无牧人就受苦。
Nowadays, you go around like this but it is certain to be refused everywhere. It is in vain for you to hold a great ambition.
以你目前这个模样，却想到处传播你的儒学思想，肯定是处处碰壁，徒有满腔热情也是枉然的。
The two halves on the Korean Peninsula have been trying to get reunited for several decades yet in vain.
半个多世纪以来，朝鲜半岛南、北两国都宣称致力于朝鲜民族统一，但至今未果。
Last week, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said the media mogul was engaged in a vain attempt to "put the genie back in the bottle" .
上周，Twitter创办人之一BizStone称，这位传媒巨头是在反其道而行之，这种行为无异于把放出来的精灵重新放回神灯中一样毫无意义。
Trying to deconstruct why I do it, I'm not afraid to say that I'm at least a little vain, I wouldn't appear on television if I wasn't.
我尝试解构我为什么会这样做，但恐怕我只能说，我至少有那么点儿爱慕虚荣了。
The poor husband begged in a vain desire to let him in, but the angry wife refused to open the door.
那可怜的丈夫徒劳地想求他老婆让他进去，但他的那位生气的老婆就是不给开门。
For want of a bit of incriminating proof was such a young, silent, vain crook as this to be allowed to escape?
难道为了缺少一点点证明他罪行的证据，就让这个年轻，不肯开腔，爱虚荣的骗子逃脱么？
The United States attorney-general is suing her as she sits, in a vain attempt to make her dissolve herself into constituent companies.
美国联邦检察长此刻正在起诉她，要让她把新泽西公司分解成系列子公司，而她却还在坐童车，岂不徒劳？
Since not accord with corruption to punish, there should be a statement. Don't let the public money wasted in vain at least.
既然不符合贪污论处，应该有一个说法啊。至少不要让公款白白地被浪费。
Schumacher almost edged Barrichello into the pit wall as he tried in vain to stop his former team mate passing him for P10 late in the race.
大舒马赫几乎将巴里切罗挤到PIT墙，他企图阻止他的前队友在上周的比赛中超过他获得第十。
He was a man of a good and kindly nature, a little vain and self-important, but earnest and upright, and possessed of very fair abilities.
柯林斯为人善良仁慈，虽然有点虚荣心和自大，但办事认真直率，能力很强。
In vain did they try to take the girl away from her mother.
他们想把女孩从她父母身边带走，却失败了。
A Ghanaian family took him in temporarily, and Kwasi waited in vain to hear from his aunt.
一个加纳家庭暂时收留了他。夸西等待姨母的消息，可杳无音信。
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
耶弗他就逃避他的弟兄，去住在陀伯地，有些匪徒到他那里聚集，与他一同出入。
They began to panic the four she, in a vain attempt to discover the vast sea of humanity lives lover.
他们开始惊惶的四处张望，妄图在茫茫人海中寻找今生的爱人。
After a hurried and vain endeavour to thrust it in a drawer, she was forced to place it, open as it was, upon a table.
她打算把信塞到抽屉里，可是匆匆忙忙，白费力气，她只好把那封信，照原样敞开着放在桌子上。
All our efforts to persuade the old man to leave the dangerous house were in vain.
我们极力劝说那位老人离开那栋危房，老人就是不听。
I spent so much time on her, but it was all in vain.
我在她身上花了那麽多时间，但是完全白费了。
Men can be just as vain as women.
男人有时会和女人一样虚荣。
Police searched in vain for the missing gunman.
警方搜寻失踪的持枪歹徒，但毫无结果。
The young mother died in a vain attempt to save her drowning son.
那位年轻的母亲没能救起溺水的儿子，自己也淹死了。
The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule.
起草委员会徒劳地通宵工作想按期完成工作。