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vain/vein/adj. 1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes 自负的；自视过高的 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial 空洞的；无关紧要的；无实在意义的 vain boasts 空洞的大话; vain triumphs 徒有虚名的胜利 3 useless; followed by no good result 无价值的；无结果的；徒劳的 in the vain hope of dissuading them 枉费心机地劝阻他们 □ in vain without result or success 徒劳，白费劲 it was in vain that we protested 我们的抗议真是劳而无功 □ take a person's name in vain use it lightly or profanely 滥用某人的名义，亵渎某人的名字 □ vainly adv.□ vainness /ˈveinnis/ n.[Middle English via Old French from Latin vanus ‘empty, without substance’] |