vain

She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.

她緊閉雙眼，卻無(wú)法忍住眼淚。

牛津詞典

I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer.

我敲門敲得很響，希望有人應(yīng)聲，卻是徒然。

牛津詞典

She's too vain to wear glasses.

她太愛虛榮，不肯戴眼鏡。

牛津詞典

They tried in vain to persuade her to go.

他們極力勸說(shuō)她去，但枉費(fèi)了一番口舌。

牛津詞典

All our efforts were in vain.

我們的所有努力都付諸東流了。

牛津詞典

The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule...

起草委員會(huì)為按計(jì)劃完成草案已通宵加班，但結(jié)果仍是徒勞。

I was singing in a vain effort to cheer him up.

我唱歌試圖讓他高興起來(lái)，結(jié)果是白費(fèi)力氣。

He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health.

他娶了第四個(gè)老婆蘇珊，徒然希望她能使他健康狀況好轉(zhuǎn)。

I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.

我認(rèn)為他淺薄虛榮，不可信任。

He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence...

他在門口停住，徒然地等待她和自己打招呼。

It became obvious that all her complaints were in vain.

很明顯她所有的抱怨都是白費(fèi)口舌。

He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.

他想讓全世界都知道，他的兒子不是白白死去的。

As he stood there, the sun went behind the clouds, leaving the room gloomy.

此時(shí)太陽(yáng)光忽然躲起來(lái)了, 廂房里便顯得很陰暗.

子夜部分

They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.

他們企圖使這些陳舊的工業(yè)現(xiàn)代化,結(jié)果勞而無(wú)功.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

It is vain to resist.

抵抗是沒用的.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

He is vain of his speech.

他對(duì)自己的發(fā)言很得意.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Their blood was not shed in vain.

他們的血沒有白流.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

The principal made another vain appeal for better equipment in the school laboratory.

校長(zhǎng)又一次請(qǐng)求增加學(xué)校實(shí)驗(yàn)設(shè)備,但又是一場(chǎng)空.

《用法詞典》

He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.

他試圖接近那個(gè)快淹死的小孩,但沒有成功.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

In making that plea he will breathe in vain.

他做那種懇求是白費(fèi)口舌的.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

He's very vain of his abilities.

他對(duì)于自己的能力很自負(fù).

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

All his efforts were in vain.

他的一切努力都?xì)w無(wú)效.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

He could not bring himself to like the boastful, vain Arabella.

他無(wú)法讓自己喜歡愛夸耀的 、 虛榮的阿拉貝拉.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

I don't like a vain woman.

我討厭愛慕虛榮的女人.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

In the eye of the Buddhist, every worldly affair is vain.

在佛教徒的眼里, 人世上一切事情都是空的.

《用法詞典》

I read his article again and again, trying hard to understand what he was driving at but in vain.

我把他的文章讀了一遍又一遍, 但對(duì)他的意圖仍百思不解.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.

他是如此虛榮狂妄,寧可和人翻臉, 有笑話卻不能不說(shuō).

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Who's been taking my name in vain? I don't hold such an opinion.

誰(shuí)在濫用我的名義? 我不贊成這個(gè)建議.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

We searched in vain for the missing child.

我們到處尋找那孩子,但沒有找到.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》