vain

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• 英式音标 [veɪn]
• 美式音标 [veɪn]
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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)

同根派生

• adj性質的同根詞

  vainglorious：虛榮心強的；非常自負的。

• adv性質的同根詞

  vainly：徒勞地；無益地；枉然地。

• n性質的同根詞

  vainglory：虛榮；自負。

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英汉例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• 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。

用作表語: S+be+～

• All my efforts were vain.
  我的一切努力都白費了。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• He's very vain of his abilities.
  他對於自己的能力很自負。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It is vain to resist.
  觝抗是沒用的。

用作賓語補足語: S+V+O+～

• Too much praise can make a man vain.
  過度的贊敭會使人自負。

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词组短语

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+介詞

• be vain about 〔of〕 爲…而自負

短語

• 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

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (NOT SUCCESSFUL) unsuccessful; of no value
• (SELFISH) too interested in your own appearance or achievements

柯林斯英英字典

• 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

毉葯科學

• 徒勞的；虛榮的；空虛的