vain
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语音:
英音
[veɪn]
美音 [ven]
adj. 徒劳的;自负的;无结果的;无用的
【记】va(音似:蛙)+in(里面)→井底之蛙→自负的。
比较级: vainer
最高级: vainest
易混淆的单词: VAIN
vain 徒劳的,虚无的
来自拉丁语vanus,空的,虚无的,来自PIE*wa-no,分开的,遗弃的,词源同vacate,want,wane.
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。
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