vain;的例句（vain;在句子中的用法）

• We searched in vain for the missing child. 我们到处寻找那孩子, 但没有找到。
• It was in vain that we tried to find his mother. 我们百般设法找他的母亲, 但毫无结果。
• We tried in vain to make him change his mind. 我们试图使他改变主意, 结果是白费心机。
• Her modesty is all put on; at heart she is very vain. 她的谦逊全是假装的, 内心里她是很虚荣的。
• Their lives have not been laid down in vain. 他们并没有白白牺牲。
• be tantalized by vain hopes 被徒然的希望折磨
• trying in vain to recapture his past 他试图回忆以前的事情，但却枉然
• I tried in vain to dispel her misgivings. 我试图消除她的疑虑, 但没有成功。
• 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。
• It is vain to resist. 抵抗是没用的。
• All my efforts were vain. 我的一切努力都白费了。
• He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child. 他试图接近那个快淹死的小孩, 但没有成功。
• He's very vain of his abilities. 他对于自己的能力很自负。
• I don't like a vain woman. 我讨厌爱慕虚荣的女人。
• She is one of those vain people who never take others' advice. 她属于那种自负得从不听别人劝告的人。
• He was not vain, but he was quietly proud of his literary achievements. 他并不自负，但暗地里却为自己取得的文学成就而得意。
• John tried in vain to gloss over his faults. 约翰极力想掩饰自己的缺点,但是没有用。
• Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain 智力投资绝不会白花。 出自：英语名言
• An old dog barks not in vain. 老犬不空吠。 出自：英语谚语
• Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 金钱用于脑,永远不徒劳。 出自：英语谚语