vainest

vainest

1. "Denial to me is vain," replied Mr. Brownlow.

“在我面前抵赖是徒劳的，”布朗劳先生说。

2. He wasted his life in the vain pursuit of pleasure.

他为了追求享乐而白白虚度了一生。

3. They tried in vain to whip the school into shape.

他们企图强制改革该学校，但没有成功。

4. They tried to rally the pound sterling but in vain.

他们企图恢复英镑币值，但劳而无功。

5. They tried to make the boy open up but in vain.

他们企图迫使那男孩把秘密说出来，可是没有成功。

6. They made vain attempts to reach the mountaintop.

他们几次徒然尝试想攀登山顶。

7. They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.

他们尽量使她快乐，却徒劳无功。

8. Their efforts were not in vain.

他们的努力没白费。

9. They tried in vain to buy off the opposition.

他们试图出钱使反对意见撤回，但没有成功。

10. He tried in vain to lure her away from husband and home.

他企图诱使她离开丈夫和家庭，结果是枉费心机。

11. In making that plea he will breathe in vain.

他做那种恳求是白费口舌的。

12. He tried in vain to write down the movement.

他妄图写文章诋毁这个运动，可是枉费心机。

13. He tried in vain to push through the crowd.

他怎么也无法从人群中挤过。

14. All his father's exhortations were in vain.

他父亲的一切劝告都无效。

15. He tried in vain to catch the butterfly on the flower.

他白费力气想抓住停在花上的蝴蝶。

16. He tried to object against me for the position, but in vain.

他竭力反对我获取那个职位，但没有成功。

17. He tried in vain to get into contact with the local branch.

他试图与当地分部取得联络，但没有成功。

18. He tried to hustle along through the crowd, but in vain.

他试图挤著穿过人群,但是过不去。

19. The dog that bites does not bark in vain.

咬人狗，不空吠。

20. Hullo! Who's that, taking my name in vain?

喂！是谁在那儿议论我？

21. It is vain to hold on your own view.

固执己见是没有用的。

22. She's very vain about her good looks.

她为她那好的容貌而自负。

23. She tried in vain to push through the crowd.

她怎么也无法从人群中挤过去。

24. She is vain and extravagant.

她既爱虚荣又奢侈。

25. She is vain of her voice.

她自以为她的声音了不起。

26. She's vain and foolish, and yet people like her.

她自负又缺少智慧，然而人们喜欢她。

27. She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.

她自负而愚蠢，然而人们喜欢她。

28. He was so vain and reckless that he would break a lance or two with his general.

年轻的军官一心取胜，他并不害怕与自己的将军比试一下。

29. A vain, self-important, silly, or aggressively stupid person.

愚蠢的人自负的，妄自尊大的，愚蠢的或过分自信的笨蛋

30. I plead for him in vain.

我为他辩护未成。

31. We tried everything to make the ramrod guard move, but all in vain.

我们千方百计想让这个死板的卫兵移动一下,但都无济於事。

32. We tried in vain to make him change his mind.

我们想使他改变主意，结果是白费心机。

33. We tried to help her but in vain .

我们想法子帮助她，但没用。

34. All our entreaties were in vain.

我们的乞求全是枉然。

35. All our work was in vain.

我们的工作全都白干了。

36. In vain I tried to keep back my tears.

我怎么也忍不住我的眼泪。

37. I did my best to stop her but in vain.

我竭力阻止她，但无济于事。

38. I racked my memory in vain for its counterpart in literature: perhaps you could think of one.

我绞尽脑汁也想不出它在文学中的对等物，也许你可以想出一个。

39. I tried to make his peace with her, but in vain.

我试图使他与她和好，但还是白搭。

40. I sought to persuade him, but in vain.

我试图说服他，但无效。

41. I tried to console her, but in vain.

我试着去安慰她，但是无效。

42. Every attempt to save the drowning dog was in vain.

搭救那条落水狗的所有努力都失败了。

43. The enemy officer tried to sort his men out, but in vain.

敌军官试图将其部下整顿一番，但结果是白费气力。

44. Day after day she waited in vain for him to telephone her.

日复一日，她徒劳地等待他的电话。

45. The secretary was a vain and pompous man.

秘书是一个虚荣而自负的人。

46. A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy.

纨绔子弟一个过于注重衣着和仪表或常以自己的装束和仪态而自负的人; 花花公子

47. Something about which one is vain or conceited.

虚荣、虚夸的东西一个人自负或自大的东西

48. The farmer out his claim to all the land before the prospectors came, but it was in vain.

这位农场主在探矿者到来之前立桩标明他对所有这些土地的所有权，但这是徒劳。