英语释义
1. having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements conceited
2. marked by futility or ineffectualness unsuccessful, useless
vain efforts to escape
3. having no real value idle, worthless
vain pretensions
4. foolish, silly
5. to no end without success or result
her efforts were in vain
6. in an irreverent or blasphemous manner
you shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain
— Deuteronomy 5:11 (Revised Standard Version)
7. too proud of your own appearance, abilities, achievements, etc.
8. having no success not producing a desired result
9. having no success
He made a vain effort to escape.
10. having or showing the attitude of a person who thinks too highly of his or her looks or abilities
11. without success
I searched in vain for my key.
12. in an unholy way