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vain

/veyn/US // veɪn //UK // (veɪn) //

虚荣,虚荣心,徒劳,徒劳的

Related Words

cocky傲慢的,骄横的,狂妄的,傲慢arrogant傲慢的,傲慢,嚣张的,嚣张fruitless不结果,不结果的,没有结果的,没有结果petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮boastful夸夸其谈,夸夸其谈的,虚夸的,虚夸conceited自负的,自负,自负的人,自以为是egocentric以自我为中心,以自我为中心的,自我中心的,自我中心haughty傲慢的,高傲的,傲慢,傲慢无礼inflated膨胀的,膨大的,膨胀,膨胀型narcissistic自恋的,自恋,自恋型,自恋的人ostentatious浮夸,夸夸其谈,夸张,夸张的overweening嚣张跋扈,矫枉过正,嚣张跋扈的,霸道的proud骄傲,骄傲的,自豪,骄傲地说self-important自视甚高,自命不凡,自大,自视清高stuck-up卡住的,卡住了,卡住的人,卡住了的vainglorious虚荣心,虚荣心强,虚荣心作祟,虚荣的egoistic自负的,利己主义,自负,自私的high-and-mighty高大上,高大上的,高高在上,高大威猛

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    vain·er, vain·est.

    • : excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
    • : proceeding from or showing pride in or concern about one's appearance, qualities, etc.; resulting from or displaying vanity: He made some vain remarks about his accomplishments.
    • : ineffectual or unsuccessful; futile: vain hopes; a vain effort; a vain war.
    • : without real significance, value, or importance; baseless or worthless: vain pageantry; vain display.
    • : Archaic. senseless or foolish.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.egotistical
Synonyms
arrogant傲慢的,傲慢,嚣张的,嚣张cocky傲慢的,骄横的,狂妄的,傲慢big-headed耍大牌,耍大牌的,磊落,顽皮的boastful夸夸其谈,夸夸其谈的,虚夸的,虚夸conceited自负的,自负,自负的人,自以为是egocentric以自我为中心,以自我为中心的,自我中心的,自我中心egoistic自负的,利己主义,自负,自私的haughty傲慢的,高傲的,傲慢,傲慢无礼high-and-mighty高大上,高大上的,高高在上,高大威猛inflated膨胀的,膨大的,膨胀,膨胀型narcissistic自恋的,自恋,自恋型,自恋的人ostentatious浮夸,夸夸其谈,夸张,夸张的overweening嚣张跋扈,矫枉过正,嚣张跋扈的,霸道的pleased with oneself自得其乐,得意,得意洋洋,得意忘形proud骄傲,骄傲的,自豪,骄傲地说puffed up鼓胀的,膨胀的,胀大,胀大的self-important自视甚高,自命不凡,自大,自视清高stuck-up卡住的,卡住了,卡住的人,卡住了的swaggering大摇大摆的,大摇大摆,大摇大摆地,大摇大摆地走着swollen-headed头胀脑胀的,头胀脑胀,头脑发胀的,头脑发胀vainglorious虚荣心,虚荣心强,虚荣心作祟,虚荣的
adj.futile, useless
Synonyms
frivolous无聊的,无聊,轻薄,轻浮fruitless不结果,不结果的,没有结果的,没有结果petty小气,小气的,小气鬼,琐碎trivial琐碎,琐碎的,琐事,小事一桩abortive失败的,失败,失败者,未完成的barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的bootless无靴,无靴的,无靴者,无鞋可穿delusive妄想,妄想的,幻觉,妄图delusory妄想,虚幻的,妄想的,妄想症empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的going nowhere无路可走,无可奈何,无路可退,一无所有hollow中空,空心的,空心,空洞的idle闲置,闲置的,空闲,闲散的in vicious circle恶性循环中,恶性循环,陷入恶性循环,恶性循环中的inefficacious不起作用,不起作用的,不有效,不有效的insignificant不重要的,无足轻重,无关紧要,微不足道的misleading误导性的,误导性,具有误导性的,误导性强no-win无胜负,无胜算,无赢家,不胜其扰not a prayer不是祈祷,不是祷告,不是祈祷文,不祈祷nugatory无用的,无效的,虚无缥缈的,虚无缥缈on a treadmill在跑步机上,在一个跑步机上,在一台跑步机上,跑步机上otiose燕窝,燕麦,燕尾服,燕子paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的pointless无意义的,无意义,毫无意义,毫无意义的profitless无利可图,无利润,无利,无盈利puny弱小的,弱小,矮小的,弱不禁风senseless毫无意义,毫无感觉,毫无意义的,无意义shuck剥皮,剥壳,剥落,剥去slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微sterile不育,不孕不育,不育的,不育症time-wasting浪费时间,耗时,浪费时间的,消磨时间trifling琐碎的,琐碎,琐碎的事,琐事unavailing无助于,无助的,无可奈何,无助unimportant不重要,不重要的,不要紧,不关痛痒unnotable无人知晓,无人问津,无人知晓的,无人注意unproductive无益的,徒劳无功,徒劳无功的,无成效的unprofitable无利可图,无利可图的,不盈利的,无益的valueless无价值,无价值的,无价,毫无价值void空白,空虚,空缺,空无worthless一文不值,一文不值的,一钱不值,无用的

Examples

  • Looming over all of this are Sirhan’s supporters who say he did not shoot Kennedy, and who have raised that issue in vain both in the California courts and in parole hearings.

  • It seems like everything was in vain, everything we have done.

  • We still struggled—often in vain—for meaningful inclusion in policy, science, news and entertainment relating to our lives.

  • Everything that happened, in my opinion, was in vain because nothing about the situation changed.

  • That year, his mother had tried in vain to procure a special education plan for him.

  • Asserting our right to free speech is the only to ensure that 12 people did not die in vain.

  • In vain, fishermen waited for the sea to come back: there were no fish, there was no money for their families.

  • In many engagements volunteers asked regular army commanders for support, transport and ammunition, but often in vain.

  • Faulkner, Whitman, and Dickinson did not labor in vain; their books live on, horizontally, stacked like bricks in a display case.

  • Fonda tried in vain to convince Jarrow and Archer to ditch the project.

  • Vain also was the valour and ability he showed in the campaign against the Royalists in La Vende.

  • The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.

  • He went on, ruminating on the vain shadow, into which his over-heated ambition to act and to be distinguished, had involved him.

  • He came back in due time, but bringing nothing for me, and I felt that my appeal had been in vain.

  • After looking for them in vain down below he had feared that they might have found their way into the open air.

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