vain efforts 徒劳。 vain titles 空名,虚衔。 a vain attempt 妄想。 a vain man 虚荣心强的人。 be vain of 自夸,自以为…了不起 (She is vain of her voice. 她自以为她的嗓音了不起)。 in vain 1. 无益地,徒然 (We protested in vain. 我们白白抗议了。pass one's life in vain虚度一生)。 2. 轻忽地,轻慢地,亵渎地 (take sb.'s name in vain轻慢地提到某人的名字(尤指轻慢地谈到上帝))。
unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" 同义词:bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless,
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" 同义词:conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed,
其他语种释义
vainとは意味:1vain n. 空虚. 【前置詞+】 ◆labor in vain むだ骨を折る All his efforts were in vain. 努力はすべて水のあわだった. My work has not been in vain. strive in vain いたずらに努力する. 2vain adj. 虚栄心の強い. 【副詞】 ◆be childishly vain 子供じみた虚栄心を...