vain
/veɪn/ 形容词 B1中文： 虚荣、白白、徒然、徒劳
- Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
- Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
- Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile. · vain toil a vain attempt
- Showy; ostentatious.
比较级 vainer · 最高级 vainest
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In vain she nibbled at the bread and butter and pecked at the crab-apple preserve out of the little scalloped glass dish by her plate.
I’m afraid you are a very vain little girl.”
“How can I be vain when I know I’m homely?” protested Anne.
I gave her every drop of ipecac in that bottle and when the last dose went down I said to myself--not to Diana or Young Mary Joe, because I didn’t want to worry them any more than they were worried, but I had to say it to myself just to relieve my feelings--‘This is the last lingering hope and I fear, tis a vain one.’ But in about three minutes she coughed up the phlegm and began to get better right away.
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