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vain的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：
详尽释义
adj. (形容词)
- 自负的，自视过高的，自高自大的
- 徒然的，徒劳的，无结果的，枉然的
- 无益的
- 爱虚荣的
- 炫耀的
- <书>空虚的
- 无意义的，无价值的
- 无效的，没效果的
- 愚蠢的
- 未用空间
双解释义
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
英英释义
Adjective:
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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的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
- She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
她自负而愚蠢，然而人们喜欢她。 - She is vain of her voice.
她自以为她的声音了不起。 - They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.
他们尽量使她快乐，却徒劳无功。 - All his father's exhortations were in vain.
他父亲的一切劝告都无效。 - We tried in vain to 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 and vain.
世俗使他变得放荡不羁，虚荣自负。 - She is so vain that 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。
常用短语
用作形容词 (adj.)
- in vain
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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。
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+介词
- be vain about〔of〕 为…而自负
经典引文
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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
