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adj.自负的¹⁸;徒劳的⁴⁹;无效的⁵;虚荣的²⁸副词vainly比较级vainer最高级vainest名词vainness
傲慢有害羡慕嫉妒
adj.形容词
自负的; 爱慕虚荣的thinking too highly of one's appearance, abilities, etc.; conceited 徒劳的,无用的,无效的useless or futile
Adjective:
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 unproductive of success;a fruitless search futile years after her artistic peak a sleeveless errand a vain attempt 来自词根van-空的。词根van-空的来自拉丁语。它和拉丁词根vas-变空、vac-变空以及最终都源自原始印欧语词根*eue-离开，空出来，废弃。
用作形容词 adj.
～+介词be vain about〔of〕为…而自负
用作形容词adj.in vain无效果的,无用的fruitless or uselessIt was in vain that we tried to find his mother.我们百般设法找他的母亲,但毫无结果。 故事记忆坐上了 Train火车来到了 Spain西班牙见一片 Plain平原下起了 Rain雨淋坏了 Grain粮食心里很 Pain疼痛没办法 Gain获得辛苦成 Vain徒劳重新种 Again再次方振宇词汇奥秘van空的+i我→我的脑子里面空空的做什么都没用→徒劳的GRE红宝书va = vac空, in: 徒劳的
近于wane 变小, 亏缺, 衰落；非常记忆rain雨⇒下雨了，一切胜利 v都变成了徒劳van空的+i我→我的脑子里面空空的做什么都没用⇒徒劳的联想记忆他很自负vain，到头来一无所获gain近义词 voiduseless反义词 usefuleffectivebeneficial
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.She is one of those vain people who never take others' advice.她属于那种自负得从不听别人劝告的人。
I don't like a vain woman.我讨厌爱慕虚荣的女人。
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。
用作表语
S+be+～All my efforts were vain.我的一切努力都白费了。S+be+～+ prep .-phraseHe's very vain of his abilities.他对于自己的能力很自负。It is/was+～+to- vIt is vain to resist.抵抗是没用的。
用作宾语补足语
S+V+O+～Too much praise can make a man vain.过度的赞扬会使人自负。Pvaingloryn.虚荣自负Pvainnessn.无益徒然自负Pvainlyad.枉然地无益地徒然Pvaingloriousa.自以为了不起的自负的虚荣心强的
形容词98%,名词2%
用作形容词She isvainand foolish, and yet people like her.她自负而愚蠢，然而人们喜欢她。
She isvainof her voice.她自以为她的声音了不起。
They endeavoured to make her happy but invain.他们尽量使她快乐，却徒劳无功。
All his father's exhortations were invain.他父亲的一切劝告都无效。
We tried invainto 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 andvain.世俗使他变得放荡不羁，虚荣自负。
She is sovainthat 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。adj.egotistical
同义词 arrogant,cockybig-headed,boastful,conceited,egocentric,egoistic,haughty,high-and-mighty,inflated,narcissistic,ostentatious,overweening,pleased with oneself,proud,puffed up,self-important,stuck-up,swaggering,swollen-headed,vainglorious
反义词 humblemodest,possible,shyadj.futile, useless
同义词 frivolous,fruitless,petty,trivialabortive,barren,bootless,delusive,delusory,empty,going nowhere,hollow,idle,inefficacious,insignificant,in vicious circle,misleading,not a prayer,no-win,nugatory,on a treadmill,otiose,paltry,pointless,profitless,puny,senseless,shuck,slight,sterile,time-wasting,trifling,unavailing,unimportant,unnotable,unproductive,unprofitable,valueless,void,worthless
反义词 consequential,important,significant,usefulmodest,possible,shy
abortiveadjective failing to achieve a goal
failed,failing,fruitless,futile,ineffective,ineffectualmiscarriedunavailing,unproductive,unsuccessful,useless,worthless
arrogantadjective having exaggerated self-opinion
aloof,assuming,audacious,autocratic,biggety,bossy,bragging,cavalier,cheeky,cocky,cold-shoulder,conceited,contemptuous,cool,disdainful,domineering,egotistic,haughty,high-and-mighty,high-handed,imperious,insolent,know-it-all,lordly,on an ego trip,overbearing,peremptory,pompous,presumptuous,pretentious,proud,puffed up,scornful,self-important,smarty,smarty-pants,smug,sniffy,snippy,snooty,snotty,stuck up,supercilious,superior,swaggering,uppity,vain
barrenadjective unprofitable
dull,flat,fruitless,futile,lackluster,profitless,stale,uninspiring,unproductive,unrewarding,useless,vain,vapid
bigheadedadjective egotistic
arrogant,conceited,egoistic,egoistical,egotistical,persnickety,snooty,stuck-up,vain,vainglorious
bootlessadjective useless
fruitless,futile,idle,ineffectual,unavailing,vain,worthless
cockieradjective self-assured
arrogant,brash,bumptious,certain,cocksure,conceited,confident,egotistical,hotdogger,hotshot,hubristic,know-it-all,lordly,nervy,overconfident,overweening,positive,presumptuous,self-confident,smart aleck,smart guy,smarty,smarty pants,sure,swaggering,swollen-headed,vain,wise guy Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
他们将人的吩咐，当作道理教导人，所以拜我也是枉然。 ebigear
In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying 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。 ebigear
It can also be a source of distraction for vain actors.
此外还将会成为一些虚荣演员的分心物。 yeeyan
Alas, I know all warning is vain.
啊，我知道一切规劝警诫都是徒劳的。 putclub
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
基督若没有复活，你们的信便是徒然。你们仍在罪里。 ebigear
Any search for God that starts with human experience, Barth warns, is a vain quest that will discover only an idol, not the true God at all.
任何由人类自身经验为基础的对上帝的探究都是徒劳的，他们只能看到一个偶像，而不是真实的上帝。 yeeyan
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。 yeeyan
But he and others have not done so in vain.
不过他和其他人的行动不是徒劳的。 ecocn
But unless he manages to pacify the people of the Delta and so secure its pipelines and refineries, the reforms will be in vain.
但除非他设法平息了三角洲地区的民众并保证管道和炼油厂的安全，这些改革都将只是徒然。 ecocn
Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled.
勇敢是我与生俱来的神秘，智慧是我熟稔于心的能力：,因为错过撤退的行军队列,没能和他们一起进入空虚的没有围墙的大本营。163
Each one was a girl of fair common sense, and she did not delude herself with any vain conceits, or deny her love, or give herself airs, in the idea of outshining the others.
她们每一个人都是明白事理的姑娘，谁也没有想到为了超过别人，就用虚荣的幻想去自欺欺人，或是去否认她们的爱情，或去卖弄风情。 hjenglish
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain.
宠爱是欺诈的，美丽是空虚的。 edu.sina.com.cn
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
求你帮助我们攻击敌人，因为人的帮助是枉然的。 ebigear
He told the kaiser that a war between Britain and Germany would be an“ unspeakable calamity.” Wilhelm, whom Roosevelt found to be “ vain as a peacock, ” brushed him off.
他告诉德皇英国和德国之间的战争将会是一场“难以言状的灾难”，但被罗斯福称为“孔雀一般虚荣”的威廉对他的话弃如敝履。 yeeyan
I have searched my mind in vain for a polite way to tell that reader to go to hell.
我白费心机的绞尽脑汁想找到一个礼貌的说法，但现在要告诉这位读者，让他见鬼去吧。 ebigear
I remembered my vain attempts, back then, to imagine in concrete detail a camp filled with prisoners and guards and suffering.
我记得我徒然设想过一个集中营里充满了囚犯、看守和痛苦的具体细节来。 yeeyan
I wanted to show my Heavenly Father that he should be glad he saved me, and that his grace was not poured on me in vain.
我想向神父表明他应该为了拯救我而高兴，他的恩泽并没有白白的倾注在我身上。 yeeyan
In the eyes of the elderly woman, the vain girl has become a“ nursing angel”.
在年老的外婆眼里，那个贪慕虚荣的女孩已经变成了一个“医护天使”。 ebigear
It spent its energy stuffing cash into Congress in a vain attempt to hold back the future instead of investing in the next generation technologies.
它将应该用于能源上的资金投入国会，徒劳地试图延缓未来的到来，而不是对新一代技术进行投资。 yeeyan
Others search in vain in China’s environmental movement for a democratic vanguard, in evidence during the last days of the Soviet Union.
因为民主主义领导的关系，另外一些关于中国环境变迁的调查也是徒劳的，有点苏联后期的感觉。 ecocn
Our efforts were not in vain.; We didn't waste our energy.
我们的力气没有白费。《新英汉大辞典》
Owing to the small size of the mausoleum chapel, the mosaics do not create the impression of vain, cold pomp.
由于陵墓教堂规模过小，这些马赛克没给人产生一种空虚、冷清的浮华印象。 yeeyan
They have chosen to “get in there where it hurts”, as my rugby coach used to encourage me, in vain, at school.
正如我学生时代的橄榄球教练经常徒劳地鼓励我的那样，他们选择了“去受罪”。 ebigear
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain.
虚荣与骄傲是截然不同的两件事，尽管字面上常常当作同义词用，一个人可以骄傲而不虚荣。 kekenet
When I think about such things, I lose all courage and will, thoughts seem useless, and compassion, vain.
每每想到这些，我会失去全身的勇气和意志，思想苍白无力，同情徒劳无益。 yeeyan |