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adj.
(形容詞)
- 自負的; 愛慕虛榮的 thinking too highly of one's appearance, abilities, etc.; conceited
- 徒勞的,無用的,無效的 useless or futile
adj.
形容詞
- 自負的,自視過高的,自高自大的
- 徒然的,徒勞的,無結果的,枉然的
- 無益的
- 愛虛榮的
- 炫耀的
- <書>空虛的
- 無意義的,無價值的
- 無效的,沒效果的
- 愚蠢的
n.
名詞
- 未用空間
Adjective:
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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"
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unproductive of success;
"a fruitless search"
"futile years after her artistic peak"
"a sleeveless errand"
"a vain attempt"
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
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She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
她自擔而愚昧,但是患者最喜歡她。
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She is vain of her voice.
她自自認為她的配音了沒有。
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They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.
自己盡可能的使她快快樂樂,卻徒勞無功。
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All his father's exhortations were in vain.
他他父親的一切都是告誡都有效。
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We tried in vain to make him change his mind.
我想使他變換意見,畢竟是白廢心機。
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The world had made him extravagant and vain.
世事使他變得更加放蕩孤冷,虛榮自滿。
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She is so vain that she can't pass a mirror without looking into it.
她好愛虛榮,每經由一道穿衣鏡也要照下面。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
做為定語
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She is one of those vain people who never take others' advice.
她應屬于哪幾種自己承擔得從來不聽別人勸慰的人。
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I don't like a vain woman.
我看不慣思慕虛榮的女人不。
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He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.
他嘗試更加接近哪一個快淹死的孩兒,但都沒有好。
用于表語
S+be+~
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All my efforts were vain.
我的不顧一切全力都白走了。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
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He's very vain of his abilities.
他就你的效率很自傲。
It is/was+~+to- v
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It is vain to resist.
抵擋是沒有用處的的。
作為賓語彌補語
S+V+O+~
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Too much praise can make a man vain.
無限的夸贊會更讓人自擔。
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All literature, art, and science are vain..if they do not enable you to be glad.
源于: J. Ruskin
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It is..vain to try to be other than we are.
來自: D. M. Frame
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The vain attempts of feminist critics to prove there is a..'women's language'.
選自:New York Review of Books
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用作形容詞 (adj.)
- in vain
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無效果的,無用的fruitless or uselessIt was in vain that we tried to find his mother.我們百般設法找他的母親,但毫無結果。
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- ☆ 直接源自古法語的vain,意為沒有價值的;最初源自拉丁語的vanus,意為空著的。
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