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单词 vain
释义
vain
adjective
uk
/veɪn/us
/veɪn/

vainadjective(NOT SUCCESSFUL)

C2
unsuccessful; of novalue:
徒劳的；枉然的；无用的
Thedoctorsgave him morepowerfuldrugsin the vainhopethat he mightrecover.医生们给他服用了更强效的药，希望他能够康复，却是徒然。
formalItwas vaintopretendto himself that he was notdisappointed.他没办法欺骗自己说不觉得失望。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not producing a desired result
  • unsuccessfulOur attempts to change the law were unsuccessful.
  • failedThe company went bankrupt pouring money into yet another failed product.
  • badSales have been really bad this quarter.
  • fruitlessAll our pleas that she remain in university were fruitless - she left anyway.
  • unfruitfulThe negotiations were unfruitful.
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in vain
C1
unsuccessfully:
徒劳地；枉然地；无用地
Itriedin vain tostartaconversation.我极力想挑起话头，但没有成功。
All the police'seffortstofindhim were in vain.警方竭力想要找到他，但所有努力终是徒劳。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Useless and futile
  • a mug's gameidiom
  • adrift
  • aimless
  • aimlessly
  • aimlessness
  • airy-fairy
  • frivolous
  • frivolousness
  • fruitless
  • fruitlessly
  • fruitlessness
  • moon around
  • motiveless
  • negate
  • negation
  • unfavourably
  • unfruitful
  • unrealistic
  • unrealistically
  • untilyou areblue in the faceidiom
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Unsuccessful (people and things)

vainadjective(SELFISH)

C2
toointerestedinyourownappearanceorachievements:
虚荣的；自负的
He was very vainabouthishairand hisclothes.他很虚荣，在发型和衣着方面非常讲究。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
  • (as) proud as Luciferidiom
  • airs and gracesidiom
  • arrogant
  • arrogantly
  • as ifyouowned the placeidiom
  • dog
  • egocentric
  • egocentrically
  • egoistic
  • egomaniacal
  • overweening
  • overweeningly
  • patronize
  • patronizing
  • pomposity
  • swollen-headed
  • talk down tosomeone
  • think the (whole) world revolves aroundyouidiom
  • throwyourweight aroundidiom
  • tin god
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(Definition ofvainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

vain| American Dictionary

vain
adjective[-er/-est only]
us
/veɪn/

vainadjective[-er/-est only](UNSUCCESSFUL)

unsuccessfuloruseless;failingtoachieveapurpose:
a vainattempttoavoidresponsibility
Employersclearlyhopedthat theworkerswouldstaylonger, buttheireffortswerelargelyin vain(=unsuccessful).

vainadjective[-er/-est only](SELFISH)

tooproudof yourself,esp. inyourappearanceorachievements
(Definition ofvainfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvain

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As he quite logically pointed out, no one would bevainof literacy in a society where everyone was literate.
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I too hoped and waited for one until now- but invain.
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He could hardly have expounded his position more clearly: quite bluntly, any plans to abolish music are described asvain.
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The overarching problem that inspired the controversy is an essential discrepancy that one hopes, invain, is merely literary or typographical.
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The reforming conductor's efforts were invain; thus 'rue', an old-fashioned literary word for regret.
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Not invainwere the author and reciter of the epic called sarvadarshi, all-seeing.
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Their efforts were largely invain, however, since the separate disciplines tended to continue on their way unaffected by the rhetoric of unity.
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I looked invainfor the terms theropod, cynodont and perissodactyl and yet some 10% of the definitions are apparently devoted to palaeontology.
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The choice has been problematic and those familiar with the historic issues of the journal may search invainfor their favourites.
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Schlageter's life had thus been pointless, his death invain.
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Thevainpathos of the tortoises' courtship was reinforced by their superficial appearance.
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Invainwould they assemble for this purpose the wisest statisticians, the most expert merchants, the most skilled manufacturers, and the ablest administrators.
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In short, it was the moral type of thevain, the superficial and the narcissistic, and the only emotion it could inspire was 'contempt'.
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Their main arguments were moral-theological: experimentation and the use of microscopes werevainand wicked.
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Your oath, my lord, isvainand frivolous.
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