常見(jiàn)例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語(yǔ): ～+ 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(tīng)別人勸告的人。
• I don't like a vain woman.
  我討厭愛(ài)慕虛榮的女人。
• He made a vain attempt to reach the drowning child.
  他試圖接近那個(gè)快淹死的小孩,但沒(méi)有成功。

用作表語(yǔ): S+be+～

• All my efforts were vain.
  我的一切努力都白費(fèi)了。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• He's very vain of his abilities.
  他對(duì)於自己的能力很自負(fù)。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It is vain to resist.
  觝抗是沒(méi)用的。

用作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ): S+V+O+～

• Too much praise can make a man vain.
  過(guò)度的贊敭會(huì)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(lè)，卻徒勞無(wú)功。
• All his father's exhortations were in vain.
  他父親的一切勸告都無(wú)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(ài)虛榮,每經(jīng)過(guò)一麪鏡子都要照一下。
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