Grades in the end are simply letters fit to give the vain something to boast about, and the lazy something to fear.

分数只不过虚荣的人用以吹嘘和慵懒的人所恐惧的数字而己。

Well, at least he didn't die in vain.

至少他没有牺牲。

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。

" But the Cloak, I took out of vain curiousity, and so it could never have worked for me as it works for you, its true owners. "

但件斗篷，我对它好奇了久，显然它不可能对我像对你一样话，你才它真正的主人。

I see I am speaking in vain to a hardened heart.

我明了。对你这一副铁石心肠讲费。

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。可不像托马斯自大。

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。

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。

All our work was in vain.

我们的工作全都干了。

16. M: The instructions on the package say that you need to do some assembly yourself. I've spent all afternoon trying in vain to put this bookcase together.

问题16. M: 包装上的说明书说你得自己组装。我花了一下午时间没有把书架组装好。

Come on! Stop being so vain. You look great! You are beautiful!

别这样！不要再虚荣了。你看起来很好！你很漂亮了！

Should I wait for love? or I am waiting in vain?

我该等你的爱吗？又或者我只在空等？

My work has not been in vain!

我的工作没有费！

His companions try to dissuade him from attempting so dangerous a feat, but in vain.

他的同伴们试图劝阻他这个及其危险的行为，但劝告无果。

We're a vain set of people… we're I don't know.

我们真虚荣啊......我不知道。

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。

It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter.

试图低估事态的严重性枉然的。

The researchers also provided participants with a definition of narcissist: egotistical, self-focused and vain.

任性的、以自我为中心的、以及自负的。

In Eustacia's eyes, too, it was an ample sum—one sufficient to supply those wants of hers which had been stigmatized by Clym in his more austere moods as vain and luxurious.

在游苔莎眼里，这个大数目——足够满足她的种种需求，尽管心情严肃的克林把这些需求指责为虚荣和奢侈。