vain怎么读

vain 是什么意思

vain 中文词源

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.

英语词源

vain 权威例句

1. He is still vain enough to dye his hair red.

他还是很虚荣，把头发染成了红褐色。

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2. 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。

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3. I am not a vain creature.

我不是个爱慕虚荣的人。

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4. She is perceived as vain, spoilt and promiscuous.

她被认为是个被人惯坏了的、既虚荣又淫乱的女人。

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5. He was self-important, vain and ignorant.

他傲慢自负，虚荣无知。

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vain 造句

1. She was very handsome, but so proud and vain that she could not endure that anyone should surpass her in beauty.

她非常的好看，但是她如此的骄傲和自负，她不能忍受任何人超过她的美丽。

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2. Men are vain; they will check themselves out in the mirror.

男人们自负，他们只会在镜子前整理自己的衣装。

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3. Alas, I know all warning is vain.

啊，我知道一切规劝警诫都是徒劳的。

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4. But it was all in vain, and I had a feeling of the most dreadful, shameful failure.

但这都是徒劳无益的，我有种极度可怕、极度可耻的失败的感觉。

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5. A size 18 and a couple of stone heavier than ideal, she tried in vain for years to shed the extra.

一个大小为18的人比理想的石头夫妇重，她试图摆脱多年的额外徒劳的锻炼。

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6. But all these endeavors to provide a rational basis for peaceful human cooperation within the frame of society appear vain in the light of the Marxian epistemology.

然而，所有这些为人类在社会结构中得以开展和平协作提供理性基础的努力，都由于马克思认识论的出现而成为徒劳之举。

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7. ANOTHER African summit, another disappointment. Any hope that the change of leadership in South Africa might bring change across the border in Zimbabwe has proved in vain.

又一次非洲峰会，却又一次失望而归，人们希望南非的改朝换代可以跨越国界为邻国津巴布韦带来改变，然而这是徒劳的。

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8. But all this was in vain, and my repentance came too late.

但是一切都是徒劳，我的后悔来的太迟了。

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9. 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。

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10. But if students cannot make it into Britain, such canny marketing is in vain.

但是，如果学生无法进入英国，这些精明的市场营销策略就是徒劳。

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11. Ironically, in many cases the program may not care to even check the outcome of the SELECT INTO and the condition handler’s work was in vain.

具有讽刺意味的是，在许多情况下，程序甚至可能不在乎检查SELECTINTO的结果是什么，因此，条件处理程序的工作是徒劳的。

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12. All the efforts he invested were in vain.

所有那些他付出的努力都是徒劳无果的。

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13. He tried to cover up his mistakes but in vain.

他试图掩饰他的错误，但办不到。

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14. Their blood was not shed in vain.

他们的血没有白流。

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15. If you don’t know this, then all those Jetsons reruns and ‘Back to the Future’ movies have been in vain.

如果你连这一点也不知道，那么所有那些摩登家族的重播影片和“回到未来”的电影都白费了。

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16. If you don’t know this, then all those Jetsons reruns and ‘Back to the Future’ movies have been in vain.

如果你连这一点也不知道，那么所有那些摩登家族的重播影片和“回到未来”的电影都白费了。

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17. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

18. It is but vain unjustly to wage war;

挑起两性之争，自负而不公平；

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

19. Jones was not so vain and senseless a coxcomb as to expect.

琼斯并不是那么一个不自量，没头没脑的浪荡哥儿。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

20. All efforts of mediation by the third side were in vain at all.

第三方所作的从中调解的一切努力均告失败。

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21. He loved Mary but sued in vain.

他爱玛丽，但求婚失败。

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22. All his attempts were in vain.

他的一切尝试全归无效。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

23. I spare somebody. It sounds vain, but you understand what I mean.

我宽恕了一个人。说来似乎空泛，不过你能理解我的意思。

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24. But she was, in reality, self-willed, vain and obstinate.

但在骨子里，她却是刚愎、执拗而且爱虚荣的。

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25. They tried in vain to frighten him with threats.

他们百般恫吓，依然无效。

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26. My endeavors to bring about a settlement were ended in vain.

我想达成和解的努力均归徒然。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句