| 词汇 | example_english_vain |
| 释义 | Examples of vainThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. As he quite logically pointed out, no one would be vain of literacy in a society where everyone was literate. I too hoped and waited for one until now- but in vain. He could hardly have expounded his position more clearly: quite bluntly, any plans to abolish music are described as vain. The overarching problem that inspired the controversy is an essential discrepancy that one hopes, in vain, is merely literary or typographical. The reforming conductor's efforts were in vain; thus 'rue', an old-fashioned literary word for regret. Not in vain were the author and reciter of the epic called sarvadarshi, all-seeing. Their efforts were largely in vain, however, since the separate disciplines tended to continue on their way unaffected by the rhetoric of unity. I looked in vain for the terms theropod, cynodont and perissodactyl and yet some 10% of the definitions are apparently devoted to palaeontology. The choice has been problematic and those familiar with the historic issues of the journal may search in vain for their favourites. Schlageter's life had thus been pointless, his death in vain. The vain pathos of the tortoises' courtship was reinforced by their superficial appearance. In vain would they assemble for this purpose the wisest statisticians, the most expert merchants, the most skilled manufacturers, and the ablest administrators. In short, it was the moral type of the vain, the superficial and the narcissistic, and the only emotion it could inspire was 'contempt'. Their main arguments were moral-theological: experimentation and the use of microscopes were vain and wicked. Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. The judgments on the items with preposed phrasal material and preposed non-finite or finite clauses are judged in a similar vain. Philosophers are sometimes scared of such a style because they think that it would be hideously self-referential and vain. My efforts to draw him into our friendly talk as well were in vain. However, we looked in vain for evidence or argument in support of these conclusions. What one will search for in vain is any kind of substantive falsifiable claim or prediction. The wounded actor knows instinctually that he needs to feel something he can't, and is drawn to acting in a vain attempt to feel it. Without raising the level of social education and political culture, any changes to the electoral system would be in vain. Now reason would try in vain to count the years. You will see that you have stained my honour (if it's possible to stain the honour of a good man with vain and false writing). Put another way, $97,000 would be spent in vain. Furthermore, the return stack is almost always non-empty, so the test is in vain. If there is truly nothing to be gained from being, then all schemes to ' improve ' the world are vain. She struggles in vain, screaming and trying to get away. Several times they tried to move it, but in vain. He subsequently tried in vain to place a revised version with an international journal. The principal did indeed return to the school where he died at his post; however we are told that he did not die in vain. In vain, he begged from house to house. List archives are a goldmine for the specialist tracing his or her memory in vain at the moment of need. Every search that was instantly made in quest of him was in vain, and it was at length imagined he was lost. Both crews worked hard to extinguish the fire, but in vain. In these cases, we may look in vain for acts of formal delegation or efforts of designing with complete contracts. In fact, his hopes were in vain; all that he deplored then was repeated in detail in 2002. We look in vain for the lexis of independence, initiative, and empowerment. Most of the interviewees concluded that an enlightened political choice was vain, superfluous and in any case out of reach. He takes himself to be warranted in this belief because he thinks that it is produced by what we might call a vain-alien faculty. Still, one looks in vain for scholarship which takes union decline in this field to be a serious issue. Is it a vain hope that we will have ceased our fascination with controversy, and instead hand out the accolades to the champions of co-operation? Nader is depicted as a young man disdainful of the ' 'vain ostentation, the pettiness, the laziness and dithering' ' (p. 23) that supposedly characterized the court. Also, derivationally related words like vain+vanity could, in principle, be treated in the same way as in-ectional paradigms. Pairs like revere+ reverence differ from vain+vanity, although the former were also borrowed independently. The reader will also look in vain for broad, explorative theoretical discussions of the possible determinants of societal value in health care. The village head called for peace, but in vain. The hope for a unified, common, content-full lingua franca proved vain. We will look in vain to scholarship to shed much light on this question. A vain man could not indulge in narcissistic gazing even if he wanted to. The latter were already condemned in 1739 as morally corrupt, vain petty potentates who squandered what little credit and resources they possessed on indigent luxury. Since then his life has been one of yearning and suffering, and the various possible escapes - including the intended death potion - have been in vain. She gives birth to their child and waits in vain for his return. Another tries to dance-squirm her way into freer space in vain. The hunter uses every art to catch him, but generally in vain. They tried, in vain, to sell shares in the vessels which continued sealing, hoping for a rich catch. In vain would they add to this a reinforcement of economists. She is limited, vain, unintelligent, venal, narcissistic, manipulative, lacking in spirituality, and exceptionally attractive physically. Even the prosecution, aware of their star witness's limitations, called her "weak, credulous, foolish, and vain" in closing statements (94). One struggles, usually in vain, to discover broader themes and underlying theses. The mission was in vain. The girl married the young man, and he, taking pity on the tragic death of his brother-in-law, tried to use money to save his father-in-law from prosecution, but in vain. The "strength" to tell the truth that "help is vain," that consciousness and long struggle alone could bring about social change, is a quality that resonates with twentieth century socialism. The question further is whether little children are going to die in vain and whether all this agitation over such poisonous deaths is to be in vain. Furthermore, if a particular soul were to originate without an instrument by means of which it acts and gets its perfection, its existence would be in vain. All its characters are vain and petty in exactly the same way: in their narrow vision, in their inability to see their situation in linked global conduits and exchanges. Two cadenzas attempt to resolve the impasse, the first for piano - in vain - the second, for cello, successfully synthesizing the diverse elements and initiating the vigorous coda. Having tried in vain to defuse the situation and avoid a confrontation, the officials withdrew and left the royal representatives to face the wrath of the people. They did not fight in vain. We searched endlessly, but in vain. After scholars had for years attempted in vain to decipher the notation of troubadour and trouvere melodies, he stated, he had at last found the key. The becoming does not return, and the return to what was familiar in the past is delusive; attempts recreate points of departure and arrival are vain (ibid., p. 162). In its airy grace there was the sense of something over and done with, like the mood of philosophic detachment which follows an outburst of vain regret. Search in vain for explanations about the left-handed chirality of molecules in kerogen, for how oxygen came to dominate the atmosphere and a runaway greenhouse effect was avoided. The reader searches in vain for a definition of the term (sic) "term". Nothing emphasized the differences between classes more effectively than comparing the lifestyle of the plantation mistress, generally regarded as vain and pampered, with that of the farmwife. I suppose that my explanation was not in vain if anyone required the clause to be explained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here again we search in vain for the difference between what is essential and what is non-essential. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The history of our time has largely consisted of a number of attempts—unfortunately, vain attempts—to secure peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My feeling is that for centuries we have relied upon that and never in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many landlords are seeking, perhaps in vain, to get a small return on a small property and the economic climate is highly unsatisfactory for them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He asked for constructive thinking of the future without which any immediate short-term remedy was entirely vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that on these issues they will not look in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you put us on some different basis, then all this work will have been in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I look upon conscription as the taproot of militarism; unless that is cut, all our labours will eventually be in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They asked our predecessors in vain to do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our efforts were in vain, and it would now be not in order to speak further on the subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are to say in advance that it will not validate particular colleges and courses, its labours are surely in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The miners have looked to us for justice in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The railways will be looking for justice shortly, and they will look in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cotton operatives have looked to us for justice in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I speak tonight for one reason only, and it may seem a very vain and personal one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I listened in vain, however, for any constructive proposal as to how to get out of the financial difficulty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All his appeals to the people, to which they respond so very readily, will be in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we shall not appeal in vain on this occasion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In vain is the snare set in sight of any bird. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, so far we have waited in vain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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