vainer

常见例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• She is one of those vain people who never take others' advice.
  她属于那种自负得从不听别人劝告的人。
• I don't like a vain woman.
  我讨厌爱慕虚荣的女人。
• He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.
  他试图接近那个快淹死的小孩,但没有成功。

用作表语: S+be+～

• All my efforts were vain.
  我的一切努力都白费了。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• He's very vain of his abilities.
  他对于自己的能力很自负。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It is vain to resist.
  抵抗是没用的。

用作宾语补足语: S+V+O+～

• Too much praise can make a man vain.
  过度的赞扬会使人自负。

用作形容词 (adj.)

• She is vain and foolish, and yet people like her.
  她自负而愚蠢，然而人们喜欢她。
• She is vain of her voice.
  她自以为她的声音了不起。
• They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain.
  他们尽量使她快乐，却徒劳无功。
• All his father's exhortations were in vain.
  他父亲的一切劝告都无效。
• We tried in vain to make him change his mind.
  我们想使他改变主意，结果是白费心机。
• The world had made him extravagant and vain.
  世俗使他变得放荡不羁，虚荣自负。
• She is so vain that she can't pass a mirror without looking into it.
  她好爱虚荣,每经过一面镜子都要照一下。
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