vain 高考四级六级考研GRE

They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.

他们企图使这些陈旧工业现代化,结果劳而功。

He was not vain, but he was quietly proud of his literary achievements.

他并不负，但暗地里却为己取得文学成就而得意。

I tried to chuff her up in vain.

我想让她高兴起来,但白费气。

Her counterpart left in vain and vapidity.

对方索然味，徙劳而去。

They endeavored to make her happy, but in vain.

他们想方设法地使她高兴, 但那徒劳。

(humorous)Have you been taking my name in vain again?

你又在说我闲话吧？

Her modesty is all put on; at heart she is very vain.

她谦逊全假装, 内心里她很虚荣。

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希望事情。

In making that plea he will breathe in vain.

他做那种恳求白费口舌。

I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.

我试图消除她疑虑, 但没有成功。

He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.

他试图接近那个快淹死小孩, 但没有成功。

John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.

约翰极想掩饰己缺点, 但没有用。

They tried in vain to persuade her to go.

他们极劝她去，但枉费了一番口舌。

They tried in vain to open the locked door.

他们妄图打开锁着门。

The actor is so vain that he can never be satiated with adulation.

那个演员太爱虚荣以致奉承已不能使他满足。

All our efforts were in vain.

我们所有努都付诸东流了。

I don't like a vain woman.

我讨厌爱慕虚荣女人。

He's very vain of his abilities.

他对于己能很负。

He is vain of his speech.

他对己发言很得意。

The two superpowers both collude and struggle with each other in a vain attempt to redivide the world.

这两个超级大国又勾结，又争夺，妄图重新瓜分世界。