He was not vain, but he was quietly proud of his literary achievements.
他并不自负,但暗地里却为自己取得的文学成就得意。
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。
Her modesty is all put on; at heart she is very vain.
她的谦逊全是假装的, 内心里她是很虚荣的。
They tried in vain to open the locked door.
他们妄图打开锁着的门。
They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.
他们企图使这些陈旧的工业现代,无功。
I tried to chuff her up in vain.
我想让她高兴起来,但是白费力气。
I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings.
我试图消除她的疑虑, 但没有成功。
Her counterpart left in vain and vapidity.
对方索然无味,徙去。
He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.
他试图接近那个快淹死的小孩, 但没有成功。
In making that plea he will breathe in vain.
他做那种恳求是白费口舌的。
They endeavored to make her happy, but in vain.
他们想方设法地使她高兴, 但那是徒的。
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无希望的事情。
John tried in vain to gloss over his faults.
约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点, 但是没有用。
(humorous)Have you been taking my name in vain again?
你又在说我的闲话吧?
They tried in vain to persuade her to go.
他们极力劝她去,但枉费了一番口舌。
I don't like a vain woman.
我讨厌爱慕虚荣的女人。
He's very vain of his abilities.
他对于自己的能力很自负。
All our efforts were in vain.
我们所有的努力都付诸东流了。
He is vain of his speech.
他对自己的发言很得意。
He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.
他是如此虚荣狂妄, 宁可和人翻脸, 有笑话却不能不说。
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Well, at least he didn't die in vain.
至少他没有白白牺牲。
It is in vain to extenuate the matter.
低估或者藐视事态的严重性徒劳无益。
Dirk, with his vain lamentations, had begun to bore me, and I avoided his society.
戴尔克一见到我就长吁短叹,开始叫人生厌;我尽量躲着他不同他在一起。
You've a nice manner, Alfred. But you're not vain like Thomas.
你彬彬有礼,阿尔弗雷德。可不像托马斯那么自大。
He screamed and bawled for the van to stop; but all in vain.
他大吼大叫,想让车停下来,但一切都徒劳无功。
And there were animals struggling in vain to escape wild snares and leghold traps.
动物们徒劳地在陷阱和罗网中挣扎。
I see I am speaking in vain to a hardened heart.
我明白了。对你这一心肠讲也白费。
All our work was in vain.
我们的工作全都白干了。
Things that I longed for in vain and things that I got---let them pass.
我追求而未得到和我已经得到的东西--让它们过去罢。
My work has not been in vain!
我的工作没有白费!
We don't want their lives to go in vain.
我们不想让先辈们的牺牲付诸东流。
Next day I walked from house to house again, looking in vain for work.
第二天,我又挨家挨户地去找工作,一无所获。
Lunsford's search was suddenly be in vain.
兰斯福特的搜寻行动转眼间就成了徒劳之举。
A half century later, it`s clear Dr. King`s work was not in vain.
半个世纪后,金博士的工作明显没有白费。
And worse...I also feared that this investment would be in vain.
更重要的,我更担心这类投资没什么意义。
The maid tried in vain to put the fragments of the broken vase together.
女仆想把碎花瓶拼起来,可怎么也拼不好。
The next morning Archer scoured the town in vain for yellow roses.
第二天早上,阿切尔找遍了全城也没找到黄攻瑰。
Did you get my message cause I looked in vain.
你收到我的消息了吗,因为我在徒劳地查看。
Dejected, the friends wondered if their efforts were in vain. Right?
那三个朋友们非常沮丧,想知道他们的努力不徒劳。
In vain just means a waste of time.
In vain 就浪费时间的意思。
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