vain
英[ve?n]
美[ven]
- adj. 徒勞的；自負的；無結果的；無用的
實用場景例句
- She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.
- 她緊閉雙眼，卻無法忍住眼淚。
牛津詞典
- I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer.
- 我敲門敲得很響，希望有人應聲，卻是徒然。
牛津詞典
- She's too vain to wear glasses.
- 她太愛虛榮，不肯戴眼鏡。
牛津詞典
- They tried in vain to persuade her to go.
- 他們極力勸說她去，但枉費了一番口舌。
牛津詞典
- All our efforts were in vain.
- 我們的所有努力都付諸東流了。
牛津詞典
- The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule...
- 起草委員會為按計劃完成草案已通宵加班，但結果仍是徒勞。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I was singing in a vain effort to cheer him up.
- 我唱歌試圖讓他高興起來，結果是白費力氣。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health.
- 他娶了第四個老婆蘇珊，徒然希望她能使他健康狀況好轉。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.
- 我認為他淺薄虛榮，不可信任。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence...
- 他在門口停住，徒然地等待她和自己打招呼。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- It became obvious that all her complaints were in vain.
- 很明顯她所有的抱怨都是白費口舌。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.
- 他想讓全世界都知道，他的兒子不是白白死去的。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- As he stood there, the sun went behind the clouds, leaving the room gloomy.
- 此時太陽光忽然躲起來了, 廂房里便顯得很陰暗.
子夜部分
- They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.
- 他們企圖使這些陳舊的工業現代化,結果勞而無功.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- It is vain to resist.
- 抵抗是沒用的.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He is vain of his speech.
- 他對自己的發言很得意.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Their blood was not shed in vain.
- 他們的血沒有白流.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The principal made another vain appeal for better equipment in the school laboratory.
- 校長又一次請求增加學校實驗設備,但又是一場空.
《用法詞典》
- He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.
- 他試圖接近那個快淹死的小孩,但沒有成功.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- In making that plea he will breathe in vain.
- 他做那種懇求是白費口舌的.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- He's very vain of his abilities.
- 他對于自己的能力很自負.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- All his efforts were in vain.
- 他的一切努力都歸無效.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- He could not bring himself to like the boastful, vain Arabella.
- 他無法讓自己喜歡愛夸耀的 、 虛榮的阿拉貝拉.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- I don't like a vain woman.
- 我討厭愛慕虛榮的女人.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- 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.
《用法詞典》
- I read his article again and again, trying hard to understand what he was driving at but in vain.
- 我把他的文章讀了一遍又一遍, 但對他的意圖仍百思不解.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.
- 他是如此虛榮狂妄,寧可和人翻臉, 有笑話卻不能不說.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Who's been taking my name in vain? I don't hold such an opinion.
- 誰在濫用我的名義? 我不贊成這個建議.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- We searched in vain for the missing child.
- 我們到處尋找那孩子,但沒有找到.
《簡明英漢詞典》