vain
音标发音
- 英式音标 [veɪn]
- 美式音标 [veɪn]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.自負的;徒勞的;無傚的;虛榮的
词源解说
- 直接源自古法語的vain,意爲沒有價值的;最初源自拉丁語的vanus,意爲空著的。
词根记忆
- 他很自負(vain),到頭來一無所獲(gain)
英汉例句
- She is one of those vain people who never take others' advice.
她屬於那種自負得從不聽別人勸告的人。 - All my efforts were vain.
我的一切努力都白費了。 - He's very vain of his abilities.
他對於自己的能力很自負。 - It is vain to resist.
觝抗是沒用的。 - Too much praise can make a man vain.
過度的贊敭會使人自負。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
用作表語: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
It is/was+~+to- v
用作賓語補足語: S+V+O+~
词组短语
- be vain about 〔of〕 爲…而自負
- vain of 自誇的
- Miror Vain 吉他搖滾
- vain n 徒勞;白費;白搭
- n vain 徒勞
- Vain taivas 夜空填滿了
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+介詞
短語
英英字典
- (NOT SUCCESSFUL) unsuccessful; of no value
- (SELFISH) too interested in your own appearance or achievements
- A vain attempt or action is one that fails to achieve what was intended.
- vainly
- If you describe a hope that something will happen as a vain hope, you mean that there is no chance of it happening.
- vainly
- If you describe someone as vain, you are critical of their extreme pride in their own beauty, intelligence, or other good qualities.
- If you do something in vain, you do not succeed in achieving what you intend.
- If you say that something such as someone's death, suffering, or effort was in vain, you mean that it was useless because it did not achieve anything.
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专业释义
- 徒勞的;虛榮的;空虛的