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Oxford American Dictionary
vain
- IPA[vān]
美式
- adj.
  
  having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth；producing no result; useless
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adj.
形容詞
1. having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth their flattery made him vain 同義詞 conceited, narcissistic, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, ... 更多self-regarding, wrapped up in oneself, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-centered, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egocentric, egomaniac, proud, haughty, arrogant, boastful, swaggering, imperious, overweening, cocky, affected, literaryvainglorious, rarepeacockish, have an excessively high opinion of oneself, think too highly of oneself, think a lot of oneself, informalthink one is the cat's whiskers/pajamas, think one is God's gift (to women)反義詞 modest
2. producing no result; useless a vain attempt to tidy up the room the vain hope of finding work 同義詞 futile, useless, pointless, worthless, nugatory, ... 更多to no purpose, in vain, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, impotent, powerless, unavailing, to no avail, fruitless, profitless, unproductive, unsuccessful, failed, without success, abortive, misfired, thwarted, balked, frustrated, foiled, archaicbootless反義詞 successful, productive
▪ having no meaning or likelihood of fulfillment a vain boast
in vain
ph.
without success or a result
Oxford American Dictionary

in vain
ph.
without success or a result
Oxford Dictionary

take someone's name in vain
ph.
use someone's name in a way that shows a lack of respect
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take someone's name in vain
ph.
use someone's name in a way that shows a lack of respect
Oxford American Dictionary
片語
in vain
take someone's name in vain
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vain
IPA[veɪn]
英式
adj.
having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth: their flattery made him vain a vain woman with a streak of snobbery
Oxford Dictionary