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vain

英[vein]美[vein]

a.
1. 无价值的；无实在意义的；无关紧要的
2. 徒劳的；无效的；无结果的；不成功的
3. 自负的；自视过高的；爱虚荣的
4.【古】愚蠢的

参考例句：

All their attempts to rescue the child from the burning building were in vain.
他们想从燃烧的大楼中救出小孩的所有尝试都是徒劳的。

比较级：vainer,vainest

名　词：vain'ness

副　词：vain'ly

同反义词

同：	[a.] conceited, egotistic, fruitless, futile

词义辨析

haughty，proud，arrogant，vain

这些形容词都有“骄傲的，傲慢的”之意。
haughty较正式用词，多用于贬义。指对身份或地位比自己低的人采取冷淡、轻视或鄙互的态度。
proud含义广，普通用词。褒义指自豪和荣耀以及强烈的自尊；贬义则指傲慢，自以为是或自鸣得意。
arrogant用于贬义，指过高估计自己，以致骄傲自大或傲慢无礼，目中无人。
vain指一个对自己的外表或对自己留给别的印象太过分地关注，以致自命不凡，自鸣得意。

参考例句

Money spent on the Brain is never spent in vain
智力投资,决非虚掷收藏
Ours is not a love in vain. Remember that on this Valentine's Day.
我俩的爱永不断绝。在此情人佳节,愿你记取这句话。收藏
He proposed to himself to achieve what hitherto he had Been promised in vain.
他决定要完成一件至今尚无希望的事情。收藏
Vain attempts to imitate others no longer will I make. Instead will I place my uniqueness on display in the market place.
我不再徒劳地模仿别人，而要展示自己的个性。收藏
Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails
丽莉完全明白自己现在已变成一名被丢在荒岛上徒然向驶去的帆船呼救的遗弃者了。收藏

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英英解释

形容词解释：

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
[同] conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
unproductive of success
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
[同] fruitless, futile, bootless, sleeveless, vain

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