vain的英文翻譯是什麼意思,詞典釋義與在線翻譯:
詳盡釋義
- 自負的,自視過高的,自高自大的
- 徒然的,徒勞的,無結果的,枉然的
- 無益的
- 愛虛榮的
- 炫耀的
- <書>空虛的
- 無意義的,無價值的
- 無效的,沒效果的
- 愚蠢的
- 未用空間
雙解釋義
- 自負的; 愛慕虛榮的 thinking too highly of one's appearance, abilities, etc.; conceited
- 徒勞的,無用的,無效的 useless or futile
英英釋義
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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"
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unproductive of success;
"a fruitless search"
"futile years after her artistic peak"
"a sleeveless errand"
"a vain attempt"
vain的用法和樣例:
例句
- She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
她自負而愚蠢,然而人們喜歡她。 - She is vain of her voice.
她自以為她的聲音了不起。 - They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.
他們盡量使她快樂,卻徒勞無功。 - All his father's exhortations were in vain.
他父親的一切勸告都無效。 - We tried in vain to make him change his mind.
我們想使他改變主意,結果是白費心機。 - The world had made him extravagant and vain.
世俗使他變得放蕩不羈,虛榮自負。 - She is so vain that she can't pass a mirror without looking into it.
她好愛虛榮,每經過一面鏡子都要照一下。
常用短語
- in vain
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無效果的,無用的fruitless or uselessIt was in vain that we tried to find his mother.我們百般設法找他的母親,但毫無結果。
辭彙搭配
- be vain about〔of〕 為…而自負
經典引文
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All literature, art, and science are vain..if they do not enable you to be glad.
出自: J. Ruskin -
It is..vain to try to be other than we are.
出自: D. M. Frame -
The vain attempts of feminist critics to prove there is a..'women's language'.
出自:New York Review of Books