She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.
她紧闭双眼，却无法忍住眼泪。
It was a vain attempt to shift the responsibility for the murder to somebody else.
把这项谋杀的罪责转嫁于他人是徒劳之举。
The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule.
起草委员会徒劳地通宵工作想按期完成工作。
They were a vain and boastful company of heroes when the tale was done.
故事结束时，他们是一群自负虚荣的英雄。
All efforts of mediation by a third party were in vain at all.
第三方所作的从中调解的一切努力均告失败。
I don't suppose I am vain. When you're a short fat old man with a bald head, there's not a lot to get vain about.
我从不渴望虚荣。当你是一个秃顶了的又矮又肥的老头的时候，已经没有什么可以去猎取虚荣了。
It was then repeatedly whittled down, finally to just $34 billion, in a vain attempt to win over a few Republicans.
因此，它的启动资金由开始本就不多的790亿美元，反复削减至最终的340亿美元。 可即便如此，也还是没能赢得几个共和党人的支持，白白折腾了一场。
The tabletPC has been largely a vain attempt--certainly compared with thepopularity ofthe iPad--to meld the laptop with a tablet, based on the Windowstabletinterface.
同目前的流行的融合了笔记本电脑的平板电脑和基于图形界面数位板技术的IPAD比起来，很大程度上平板电脑之前一直做着徒劳的尝试
He told the Kaiser that a war between Britain and Germany would be an "unspeakable calamity." Wilhelm, whom Roosevelt found to be "vain as a peacock," brushed him off.
他告诉德皇英国和德国之间的战争将会是一场“难以言状的灾难”，但被罗斯福称为“孔雀一般虚荣”的威廉对他的话弃如敝履。
Instead of going all out in a vain attempt to do everything right the first time, Microsoft recommends starting with only the features absolutely needed to meet the requirements.
这不同于在第一次就要试图将所有事情做对，微软推荐在最开始只需要满足需求中绝对需要的特性。
The point of a style upgrade isn't to become more vain or to spend more time fussing over what to wear.
提升时尚品味并不意味着变得更虚荣，也不是花更多时间纠结于穿什么。
Each one was a girl of fair common sense, and she did not delude herself with any vain conceits, or deny her love.
每一个都是明白事理的姑娘，她没有想到为了超过别人，就用虚荣的幻想去自欺欺人，或是去否认她的爱情。
A humble man falls in love with himself; a vain man falls in love with his reflection.
一个谦虚的人爱上的是他自己；而一个虚荣的人爱上的却是自己的倒影。
His efforts to raise money for his program were in vain because no one showed any intention to take a cent out of their pockets.
他为自己的项目募集资金的努力白费了，因为没有人表现出要从口袋掏钱的意思。
A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up.
看上去没有尽头的一排卡车徒劳地等着装货。
During the hours spent waiting in vain to see a bone doctor, I decided to take another track and try acupuncture.
在白白等待看骨科医生的几个小时里，我决定换一种方式，去尝试针灸。
To get a slim figure, Fanny has tried many ways, but in vain. So now she is reduced to not eating anything for supper.
为了得到苗条的身材，范妮尝试了许多方法，但都是徒劳的。所以现在她晚饭什么也不吃了。
There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child.
从前，有一对男女，他们一直想要个孩子，但一直没有实现。
Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for a job in the art gallery.
迈克昨天告诉我，他一直在找美术馆的工作，但没有找到。
他的虚荣心很强。
I have searched in vain for a weak performance in these "Rouge et Noir" sets.
我在《红与黑》中寻找薄弱的表演，但没有找到。
Leo: Leo can be vain, so a gift that reflects that dramatic personality and stunning physical beauty goes over best: Try jewelry, clothes or tickets to the theatre.
自负的狮子座喜欢能展现她们的活泼性格和人体美的礼物，可以考虑首饰、衣服和电影票。
Since April the pace of appreciation has been much reduced, in a vain effort to discourage speculators.
自从四月份以来，升值速度已经大大降低，对于阻止投机者来说，这是一个徒劳无功的努力。
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.
靠马得救是枉然的。马也不能因力大救人。
But it was all in vain, and I had a feeling of the most dreadful, shameful failure.
但这都是徒劳无益的，我有种极度可怕、极度可耻的失败的感觉。
'I come more often than most because I'm a little more vain,' she says.
“我比大多数人来得都更频繁，因为我的虚荣心更重一点，”她说。
And she was a very vain woman.
她是个非常虚荣的女人。
At the moment, this seems a vain hope.
此时此刻，他的想法看来是徒劳的。
In the final chapter, “Markets Need Morals”, the reader looks in vain for a bit of detail about how such a code might be imposed.
在最后一章—“市场需要道德约束”—中，如果有读者试图寻找丝毫关于这种模式如何实现的细节阐述，那他注定是徒劳的。
In the final chapter, “Markets Need Morals”, the reader looks in vain for a bit of detail about how such a code might be imposed.
在最后一章—“市场需要道德约束”—中，如果有读者试图寻找丝毫关于这种模式如何实现的细节阐述，那他注定是徒劳的。
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