Vain

[veɪn] or [ven]

解釋/意思:

(superl.) Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

(superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.

(superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.

(superl.) Showy; ostentatious.

(n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.

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同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Unreal, shadowy, unsubstantial, supposititious, dreamy, baseless, imaginary, empty, void.[2]. Unavailing, useless, bootless, ineffectual, fruitless, profitless, futile, nugatory, abortive, unprofitable, without avail, idle, to no purpose, to no end.[3]. Worthless, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vapid, tasteless, insipid, flat, stale, mawkish.[4]. Conceited, vain-glorious, inflated, overweening, ostentatious, high, self-sufficient, flushed, opinionated, self-satisfied, self-confident, self-admiring, self-opinioned, self-flattering, high-flown, puffed up, wise in one's own conceit.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Empty, worthless, fruitless, unsatisfying, unavailing, idle, ineffectual,egotistic, showy, unreal, conceited, arrogant

ANT:Solid, substantial, sound, worthy, efficient, effectual, cogent, potent,unconceited, modest, real

編輯:利拉

解釋/意思:

adj. unsatisfying: fruitless: unreal: silly: conceited: showy: (B.) vacant worthless.—adv. Vain′ly.—ns. Vain′ness fruitlessness: (Shak.) empty pride folly; Van′ity worthlessness futility: empty pride or ostentation: ambitious display: idle show: empty pleasure: fruitless desire a trifle: (Shak.) a personified vice in the old moralities and puppet-shows: (B.) a heathen deity.—Vanity Fair the world as the scene of vanity or empty folly the world of fashion so named from the fair described in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.—In vain For vain (Shak.) ineffectually: to no end: with levity or profanity.

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