她为自己的美貌而自负。
Hilda is very vain of her learning.
希尔达对自己的学问很自负。
To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.
凡因自己的地位而觉得了不起的人，就表明他不配有这样的地位。
Years ago, when I was a boy, you met me, flattered me, and taught me to be vain of my good looks.
多年前，当我还是个孩子的时候，你遇到了我，奉承我，并且教我为自己的姿容感到自豪。
But surely if a man's world be the sum of his sensible perceptions, he has no reason to be vain of such a world.
但假如他的世界只是一堆感觉印象的聚集体，那么他就没有理由以这种世界自豪。
We even become vain of our squirrel's hoard of knowledge and regard increasing age itself as a school of omniscience.
我们甚至对自己一点点浅薄的知识感到沾沾自喜，而把与日俱增的年龄看作是培养无所不知的天然学堂。
He was vain of that unwavering obstinacy which no influence of love or pity had ever been known to bend from its remorseless purpose.
他固执得毫不动摇，从未听说过爱情和同情的影响使他背离残忍的目标，而且他以这种固执自负。
It is used when mineral deposits are under a shallow, easily removed overburden, and when the vain of ore or seam of coal runs more or less horizontal to the surface.
它适用于矿床埋藏较浅，覆盖层容易剥离，矿脉(煤层)走向与地表大致平行的矿床。
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。
She tried in vain to point out to him the unfairness of his actions.
她试图向他指出他的做法不公正，但无济于事。
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。
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。
You should never blame the boy for the result of the test, for he had tried his best though all are in vain.
你不该责怪这个男孩成绩不佳，因为尽管一切都是徒劳，他也已经尽了最大努力。
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。
Drug companies have spent billions of dollars searching for therapies to reverse or significantly slow Alzheimer's disease, but in vain.
医药公司已经花费数十亿美元以寻找能逆转或显著减缓阿尔茨海默病的治疗方法，但毫无结果。
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。
But as to the causes of these general causes we in vain attempt the discovery.
但是我们试图发掘一般性成因的由来，这个过程的尝试皆是枉然。
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。
Most memorable of all is Toad - rich, vain, childish and prone to wrecking cars.
最无法忘怀的是蟾蜍先生——富有、自负、有点孩子气，且喜欢摆弄汽车。
The second was done with the former head of BP quietly watching as I squatted on the floor of the restaurant and rummaged in vain through the squalid contents of my handbag.
而第二件事发生时，我蹲在餐厅地板上，在手提包里一堆杂七杂八的东西中徒劳地翻找，英国石油的前首席执行官则在一边静静地看着。
"Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain," for example, is a mnemonic for recalling the colors of the visible spectrum in the right order (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet).
比如，“纽约的理查德进攻失败”，就是一种按正确顺序回忆起可见光颜色(红、橙、黄、绿、蓝、靛、紫)的记忆方法。
In the (perhaps vain) hope of gaining some calm perspective, let's consult two people who are frequently quoted on housing and mortgage matters.
抱着获得一些冷静看法的希望(或许只是徒劳)，让我们看看在楼市和抵押贷款问题上经常被引用的两位人士的意见。
The swindler tried to baffle him out of his money, but in vain.
骗子想骗取他的钱，可是没成功。
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
万军之耶和华如此说，这些先知向你们说预言，你们不要听他们的话。他们以虚空教训你们，所说的异象是出于自己的心，不是出于耶和华的口。
I explained my problem to each of the sympathetic voices that answered. In vain.
我给电话那边每个同情的嗓音都讲了我们的问题，没有结果。
I explained my problem to each of the sympathetic voices that answered. In vain.
我给电话那边每个同情的嗓音都讲了我们的问题，没有结果。
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