| 词汇 | vainly |
| 释义 | vainly adverb uk /ˈveɪn.li/ us /ˈveɪn.li/ unsuccessfully: 徒劳地；枉然地；无用地 He tried vainly to make them listen.他竭力想让他们听，但没用。 Useless and futile adrift aimless aimlessly aimlessness airy-fairy fruitless fruitlessly fruitlessness futile futilely negate negation no goodidiom non-viable nugatory unpractical unrealistic unrealistically unseriousness until you are blue in the faceidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unsuccessful (people and things) Examples of vainlyvainly Faced with more and more cases, however, some councils vainly tried for a time to impose a permanent ban on a man who married outside. People began to call vainly for a moratorium on debt. I threw it away feeling sorry to have vainly destroyed a flower that looked beautiful in its proper place. The final section on educational implications includes three chapters in which the authors attempt, vaguely and vainly, to link research with practice and policy. The military tried vainly to reverse the situation. Yet if opera, and certainly grand tragic opera in the traditional sense, is to be anything, this is surely what it must, however vainly or wanly, attempt. It shan't spring vainly from the vine! I had hoped—evidently vainly—that it would be possible to keep the question of the national credit out of acute political controversy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He did not do so; and therefore my speech, aimed at attempting to persuade him, is somewhat vainly composed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of our main schemes are being held up to-day despite the fact that we have thousands of men vainly seeking for work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They look on, and they see that we are trying vainly to find schemes to employ people who have been thrown out of work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not intend to wait vaguely and vainly for no comment from them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are too many tired waves vainly breaking in relation to these subjects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have sat here for two consecutive days awaiting my opportunity, not altogether vainly, because there have been many valuable speeches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been trying vainly to find a home. 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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