流逝汉英词典

vain

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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)

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。

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。

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

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.

专业释义

    毉葯科學

  • 徒勞的；虛榮的；空虛的