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English translation for "vain"

[ vein ] 
adj.
1.徒然的,无益的,没效果的;愚蠢的;不足道的。
2.空的,空虚的;虚有其表的,表面好看的,虚饰的。
3.自夸的,自负的;爱虚荣的。
短语和例子
Example Sentences:
1.I will lose no time in vain regret .
我不会在徒然的后悔中失去时间。
2.The secretary was a vain and pompous man .
秘书是一个虚荣而自负的人。
3.You might not appeal to her in vain .
您对她的呼吁不可能毫无作用。
4.The world had made him extravagant and vain .
社会使他变得放荡与虚浮。
5.Possibly i torture myself in vain ?
说不定我是在白白地折磨自己吧?
6.He still reasoned with her, but in vain .
他仍在与她辩论,但是辩论也没用。
7.They tried in vain to frighten him with threats .
他们百般恫吓,依然无效。
8.These embraces were a vain pretence .
这类拥护完全是故作姿态。
9.Like many plain women, she was vain .
象许多姿色平平的女人一样,她很自负。
10.To this eleanor objected, but in vain .
对此爱莉娜曾加以推辞,但是没有用。
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