| 单词 | vain |
| 释义 | vain adj. 1. excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2. empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3. useless; followed by no good result (in the vain hope of dissuading them). Phrases and idioms in vain without result or success (it was in vain that we protested). take a person's name in vain use it lightly or profanely. Derivatives vainly adv. vainness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L vanus empty, without substance |
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