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vain    音标拼音: [v'en]
a. 徒劳的,徒然的,无效的,空虚的,自负的

徒劳的,徒然的,无效的,空虚的,自负的

vain
adj 1: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated
sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an
attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical
disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was
unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed
and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [synonym:
{conceited}, {egotistic}, {egotistical}, {self-
conceited}, {swollen}, {swollen-headed}, {vain}]
2: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years
after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
attempt" [synonym: {bootless}, {fruitless}, {futile},
{sleeveless}, {vain}]

Vain \Vain\ (v[=a]n), a. [Compar. {Vainer}; superl. {Vainest}.]
[F. vain, L. vanus empty, void, vain. Cf. {Vanish}, {Vanity},
{Vaunt} to boast.]
1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty;
void; worthless; unsatisfying. "Thy vain excuse." --Shak.
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Every man walketh in a vain show. --Ps. xxxix.
6.
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Let no man deceive you with vain words. --Eph. v. 6.
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Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye!
--Shak.
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Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy. --Milton.
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2. Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose;
fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
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Bring no more vain oblations. --Isa. i. 13.
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Vain is the force of man
To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
--Dryden.
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3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having
a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight
reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart
from works is barren? --James ii. 20
(Rev. Ver.).
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The minstrels played on every side,
Vain of their art. --Dryden.
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4. Showy; ostentatious.
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Load some vain church with old theatric state.
--Pope.
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Syn: Empty; worthless; fruitless; ineffectual; idle; unreal;
shadowy; showy; ostentatious; light; inconstant;
deceitful; delusive; unimportant; trifling.
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Vain \Vain\, n.
Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase

{in vain}.
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{For vain}. See {In vain}. [Obs.] --Shak.

{In vain}, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. " In
vain doth valor bleed." --Milton. " In vain they do
worship me." --Matt. xv. 9.

{To take the name of God in vain}, to use the name of God
with levity or profaneness.
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147 Moby Thesaurus words for "vain":
Gascon, abortive, absurd, airy, arrogant, asinine, barren,
baseless, boastful, boasting, bootless, bootlessly, braggart,
bragging, catchpenny, cocky, complacent, conceited, consequential,
counterproductive, coxcombical, dandyish, delusive, delusory,
doomed, effete, egocentric, egoistic, egotistical, empty,
etiolated, fanfaron, fanfaronading, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless,
flimsy, foolish, foppish, foredoomed, fribble, fribbling,
frivolous, frothy, fruitless, fruitlessly, futile, futilely,
gasconading, groundless, haughty, hollow, idle, ill-founded,
improperly, in vain, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual,
inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, light, misleading, narcissan,
narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, nugacious, nugatory,
of no force, otiose, overproud, overweening, paltry, petty,
pointless, profitless, proud, puny, self-admiring,
self-advertising, self-applauding, self-approving, self-assuming,
self-complacent, self-conceited, self-congratulating,
self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting,
self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-flattering, self-glorious,
self-gratulating, self-gratulatory, self-important, self-lauding,
self-loving, self-respecting, self-satisfied, self-sufficient,
self-vaunting, shallow, silly, slender, slight, smug, sterile,
stuck-up, superficial, thrasonic, thrasonical, trifling, trite,
trivial, unavailable, unavailing, unbased, unfounded, ungrounded,
unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, unsuccessfully,
unsupportable, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable,
unwarranted, useless, vacuous, vainglorious, vainly, valueless,
vapid, vaporing, vaunting, void, windy, without basis,
without foundation, worthless



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  • VAIN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of VAIN is having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited How to use vain in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Vain
  • vain - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    vain (comparative vainer or more vain, superlative vainest or most vain) Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason synonyms quotations Synonyms: conceited, flatulent, puffed up, inflated; see also Thesaurus: arrogant, Thesaurus: vain
  • VAIN Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Vain definition: excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc ; conceited See examples of VAIN used in a sentence
  • VAIN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    vain adjective [-er -est only] (SELFISH) too proud of yourself, esp in your appearance or achievements (Definition of vain from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
  • Vain - definition of vain by The Free Dictionary
    1 To no avail; without success: Our labor was in vain 2 In an irreverent or disrespectful manner: took the Lord's name in vain
  • vain adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of vain adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • vain, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
    There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word vain, four of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
  • Vain - Wikipedia
    Vain may refer to: Vain (band), an American glam metal band formed in 1986 Vain (horse) (1966–1991), an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse Vain Stakes, an Australian Thoroughbred horse race Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia, a medical disorder Edvard August Vainio (1853–1929), taxonomic author abbreviation Vain , Finnish lichenologist Vanity Vain, Swedish drag queen Vain, a fictional
  • vain - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
    in an improper or irreverent manner: to take God's name in vain conceited: a vain dandy proceeding from or showing personal vanity: vain remarks futile: a vain effort baseless or worthless: vain pageantry; vain display [Archaic ]senseless or foolish to no purpose: to apologize in vain
  • VAIN Synonyms: 210 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
    Some common synonyms of vain are empty, hollow, idle, nugatory, and otiose While all these words mean "being without worth or significance," vain implies either absolute or relative absence of value





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