vain

adjective

/veɪn/

Idioms

that does not produce the result you want徒劳的；枉然的；无结果的 synonym useless
- She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.她紧闭双眼，却无法忍住眼泪。
- I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer.我敲门敲得很响，希望有人应声，却是徒然。
- The government spent billions in a vain bid to prop up the currency.政府花费数十亿美元试图支撑货币，但徒劳无功。
Homophones vain | vein
vain vein
/veɪn/

/veɪn/
- vain adjective
  He plunged into the icy water in a vain effort to rescue his dog.他跳入冰冷的水中，徒劳地试图去救他的狗。
- vein noun
  A vein in her head throbbed when she was angry.她生气时，头上的一根血管在颤动。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
(disapproving) too proud of your own appearance, abilities or achievements自负的；自视过高的 synonym conceited
- She's too vain to wear glasses.她太爱虚荣，不肯戴眼镜。
see also vanity
- Their flattery made him vain.他们的吹捧使他自命不凡。
- very vain about his looks对自己的外表非常自负
- He's so vain!他太自负了！
- I don't think it's vain to care about how you look.我并不认为注重自己的容貌就是爱慕虚荣。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1

词源Middle English (in the sense ‘without real worth’): via Old French from Latin vanus ‘empty, without substance’.

Idioms

in vain

without success枉费心机；徒劳无益；白费力气
- They tried in vain to persuade her to go.他们极力劝说她去，但枉费了一番口舌。
- She waited in vain for her son to return.她等着儿子归来，但空等了一场。
- All our efforts were in vain.我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2

take somebody’s name in vain

to show a lack of respect when using somebody’s name or when talking about them滥用…的名义；亵渎…的名字
- (humorous) Have you been taking my name in vain again?你又在对我说三道四了吧？
- to take the Lord's name in vain滥用主的名义

词汇	vain
释义	vain adjective /veɪn/ /veɪn/ Idioms that does not produce the result you want徒劳的；枉然的；无结果的 synonym useless She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.她紧闭双眼，却无法忍住眼泪。 I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer.我敲门敲得很响，希望有人应声，却是徒然。 The government spent billions in a vain bid to prop up the currency.政府花费数十亿美元试图支撑货币，但徒劳无功。 Homophones vain \| veinvain vein /veɪn/ /veɪn/ vain adjective He plunged into the icy water in a vain effort to rescue his dog.他跳入冰冷的水中，徒劳地试图去救他的狗。 vein noun A vein in her head throbbed when she was angry.她生气时，头上的一根血管在颤动。 Topics Difficulty and failurec2 (disapproving) too proud of your own appearance, abilities or achievements自负的；自视过高的 synonym conceited She's too vain to wear glasses.她太爱虚荣，不肯戴眼镜。 see also vanity Their flattery made him vain.他们的吹捧使他自命不凡。 very vain about his looks对自己的外表非常自负 He's so vain!他太自负了！ I don't think it's vain to care about how you look.我并不认为注重自己的容貌就是爱慕虚荣。 Topics Personal qualitiesc1 词源Middle English (in the sense ‘without real worth’): via Old French from Latin vanus ‘empty, without substance’. Idioms in vain without success枉费心机；徒劳无益；白费力气 They tried in vain to persuade her to go.他们极力劝说她去，但枉费了一番口舌。 She waited in vain for her son to return.她等着儿子归来，但空等了一场。 All our efforts were in vain.我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。 Topics Difficulty and failurec2 take somebody’s name in vain to show a lack of respect when using somebody’s name or when talking about them滥用…的名义；亵渎…的名字 (humorous) Have you been taking my name in vain again?你又在对我说三道四了吧？ to take the Lord's name in vain滥用主的名义
随便看	on the face of it on the fast track on-the-fence on the fiddle on the flat on the fly on-the-fly on the fritz on-the-fritz on the front burner on the front foot on the front foot on the gallop on the game on the go on-the-go on the grapevine on the ground on-the-ground on-the-heels-of on the high side on the home front on the hoof on-the-hook on the hook for something