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vain
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
vainer; vainest
vainer; vainest
Learner's definition of VAIN
1
[also more vain; most vain] : too proud of your own appearance, abilities, achievements, etc. : conceited自负的；自视过高的
- She is very vain about her appearance.她对自己的容貌颇为自负。
- He is the vainest man I know.他是我认识的最清高的人。
2
: having no success : not producing a desired result徒劳的；无结果的
- They made a vain [=unsuccessful] attempt to escape.他们试图逃跑，却未成功。
- A vain effort to quell the public's fears only made matters worse.旨在消除公众恐惧的努力毫无结果，反而把事情变得更糟了。
- Volunteers searched the area in the vain hope of finding clues.志愿者搜索了这个区域，但想找到线索的希望却落空了。
in vain
: without success : without producing a good or desired result徒劳无益；白费力气
- We searched in vain for the missing earring. [=we searched for the missing earring but did not find it]我们寻找丢失的耳环，不过是白费力气。
- He tried in vain to get the baby to sleep.他努力想哄宝宝入睡，却是徒劳一场。
- Her suffering will not be in vain. [=something good will happen because of her suffering]她不会白白受苦的。
take someone's name in vain
: to use (a name, especially the name of God) in a way that does not show proper respect滥用某人（尤指上帝）的名义
- He took God's name in vain.他妄称上帝之名。
- (humorous) I thought I heard someone taking my name in vain. [=saying my name]我觉得我听到了有人在说我的名字。
— vainly
adverb- We tried vainly to get a taxi.我们想找辆出租车，却没有找到。
- Volunteers vainly searched for clues.志愿者们到处搜寻线索，却是徒劳。
vainly adverb
Phrases
in vain 2
: in an irreverent or blasphemous manner
Being a religion writer, I have always tried to avoid using the Lord's name in vain. I have not always succeeded.
Don Lattin
see also take in vain Don Lattin
Synonyms
Example Sentences
For a half a century, scholars have searched in vain for the source of the jade that the early civilizations of the Americas prized above all else and fashioned into precious objects of worship, trade and adornment. William J. Broad, New York Times, 22 May 2002 … the miseries of people's lives ought not to be exploited ad libitum in the furtherance of our profits or our careers, and in the vain conviction that we understand everything. Richard Taruskin, New Republic, 24 Dec. 2001 It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847 Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain … William Shakespeare, King Richard the Second, 1596 She is very vain about her appearance. He is the vainest man I know. A vain effort to quell the public's fears only made matters worse. Volunteers searched the area in the vain hope of finding clues. See More
William J. Broad, New York Times, 22 May 2002 … the miseries of people's lives ought not to be exploited ad libitum in the furtherance of our profits or our careers, and in the vain conviction that we understand everything. Richard Taruskin, New Republic, 24 Dec. 2001 It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847 Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 Where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain … William Shakespeare, King Richard the Second, 1596 She is very vain about her appearance. He is the vainest man I know. A vain effort to quell the public's fears only made matters worse. Volunteers searched the area in the vain hope of finding clues. See More Recent Examples on the Web The series stars Spider-Man franchise actor Jacob Batalon and is set in a world populated by beautiful, fit and vain vampires. Clark Collis, EW.com, 14 July 2022 Still, Johnson keeps it entertaining as a wine-loving 19th-century Englishwoman reunited with the one who got away – a vulnerable Navy captain played by the impressive Cosmo Jarvis – while also being wooed by a vain yet handsome gentleman (Golding). Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022 Julia is spiky and vain, a queen bee with an attitude. Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 My characters are like anthropomorphic animals, typical of fairy tales, but their behavior is very human, very violent, cruel and vain. Holly Jones, Variety, 13 June 2022 Cosmetic surgery, nowadays more commonly associated with elective procedures for the wealthy and vain, in fact evolved under the most brutal conditions and with the noblest of aims. Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022 Even in the world of the undead, however, Reginald is an outsider, being the only full-figured blood sucker in a world of beautiful, fit and incredibly vain vamps. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2022 Tom Steward plays headmaster Bill as disconnected and vain, lecturing his son on his professed EDI beliefs without any seeming conviction behind it. San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022 Historically, cosmetic treatments and enhancements have been seen as procedures reserved for the white, affluent, and vain, but that is quickly changing. Ruth Samuel, Allure, 21 July 2021 See More
Clark Collis, EW.com, 14 July 2022 Still, Johnson keeps it entertaining as a wine-loving 19th-century Englishwoman reunited with the one who got away – a vulnerable Navy captain played by the impressive Cosmo Jarvis – while also being wooed by a vain yet handsome gentleman (Golding). Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022 Julia is spiky and vain, a queen bee with an attitude. Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022 My characters are like anthropomorphic animals, typical of fairy tales, but their behavior is very human, very violent, cruel and vain. Holly Jones, Variety, 13 June 2022 Cosmetic surgery, nowadays more commonly associated with elective procedures for the wealthy and vain, in fact evolved under the most brutal conditions and with the noblest of aims. Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022 Even in the world of the undead, however, Reginald is an outsider, being the only full-figured blood sucker in a world of beautiful, fit and incredibly vain vamps. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Apr. 2022 Tom Steward plays headmaster Bill as disconnected and vain, lecturing his son on his professed EDI beliefs without any seeming conviction behind it. San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022 Historically, cosmetic treatments and enhancements have been seen as procedures reserved for the white, affluent, and vain, but that is quickly changing. Ruth Samuel, Allure, 21 July 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English veyn "empty, futile, groundless, foolish, excessively proud," borrowed from Anglo-French vain, vein, going back to Latin vānus "lacking content, empty, illusory, marked by foolish or empty pride" — more at wane entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Time Traveler
The first known use of vain was in the 14th century Phrases Containing vain
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