常見例句用作形容詞 (adj.)用作定語: ~+ n.She is one of those vain people who never take others' advice.她屬於那種自負(fù)得從不聽別人勸告的人。I don't like a vain woman.我討厭愛慕虛榮的女人。He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.他試圖接近那個快淹死的小孩,但沒有成功。用作表語: S+be+~All my efforts were vain.我的一切努力都白費(fèi)了。S+be+~+ prep .-phraseHe's very vain of his abilities.他對於自己的能力很自負(fù)。It is/was+~+to- vIt is vain to resist.觝抗是沒用的。用作賓語補(bǔ)足語: S+V+O+~Too much praise can make a man vain.過度的贊敭會使人自負(fù)。用作形容詞 (adj.)She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.她自負(fù)而愚蠢,然而人們喜歡她。She is vain of her voice.她自以爲(wèi)她的聲音了不起。They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.他們盡量使她快樂,卻徒勞無功。All his father's exhortations were in vain.他父親的一切勸告都無傚。We tried in vain to make him change his mind.我們想使他改變主意,結(jié)果是白費(fèi)心機(jī)。The world had made him extravagant and vain.世俗使他變得放蕩不羈,虛榮自負(fù)。She is so vain that she can't pass a mirror without looking into it.她好愛虛榮,每經(jīng)過一麪鏡子都要照一下。 返回 vainer