vain
名词：
名词: vainness
更多词形：
副词: vainly | 形容词比较级: vainer | 形容词最高级: vainest | 名词: vainness |
单词例句：
They tried in vain to buy off the opposition.
他们试图出钱使反对意见撤回，但没有成功。
"Denial to me is vain," replied Mr. Brownlow.
“在我面前抵赖是徒劳的，”布朗劳先生说。
He tried in vain to get into contact with the local branch.
他试图与当地分部取得联络，但没有成功。
He was so vain and reckless that he would break a lance or two with his general.
年轻的军官一心取胜，他并不害怕与自己的将军比试一下。
She is vain and extravagant.
她既爱虚荣又奢侈。
The farmer out his claim to all the land before the prospectors came, but it was in vain.
这位农场主在探矿者到来之前立桩标明他对所有这些土地的所有权，但这是徒劳。
They tried in vain to whip the school into shape.
他们企图强制改革该学校，但没有成功。
In vain I tried to keep back my tears.
我怎么也忍不住我的眼泪。
A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy.
纨绔子弟一个过于注重衣着和仪表或常以自己的装束和仪态而自负的人; 花花公子