Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.
家长们为她的复职而奔波，但是毫无结果。
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。
She searched in vain for her passport.
她翻找自己的护照，但没找着。
He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence.
他停在门口，徒然地等着她跟自己打招呼。
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。
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。
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。
"He must be swimming out to us," Starkey said, when they had looked for him in vain.
“他一定是游泳来的。”斯塔奇说，他们想看他，却没找到。
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。
Jeff searched in vain for Rosie in the next four days.
接下来的四天里，杰夫一直在寻找罗西，但没有找到。
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。
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。
If your compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
如果你跟别人攀比，你会变得虚荣而痛苦。因为那总有比你更好和更尖端的人。
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。
For several years, manufacturers struggled in vain to convince the public to buy new models, but consumers couldn't find any reason to part with their perfectly functional television sets.
生产厂家花费多年说服民众购买新款电视机，但一切都是白费力气，顾客没有任何理由卖掉自己功能完备的电视机。
She springs up to the window again, screaming for help in vain.
她再次冲到窗边，徒劳地喊叫，寻求帮助。
A size 18 and a couple of stone heavier than ideal, she tried in vain for years to shed the extra.
一个大小为18的人比理想的石头夫妇重，她试图摆脱多年的额外徒劳的锻炼。
If the kids find their grandparents' language uncool, all of the well-intentioned outside help by linguists is usually in vain, except for preserving the language as a museum-piece.
如果孩子们发现他们的祖辈们的语言不够酷，那么语言学家们除了将该语言作为古董保存起来外，其他所有善意的外界帮助通常是徒劳的。
You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
凡偏离你律例的人，你都轻弃他们。因为他们的诡诈必归虚空。
My dreams have been in vain, for truth is hard, and dreams, too, have their own ways.
我的梦也已落空，因为，现实是冷酷的，而梦也自有主张，独断独行。
Alas, shoppers look in vain for "no till" labels on their food-at least so far.
想找到带有“免耕”标志食物的消费者看来要无功而返了，至少目前是这样。
"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。
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
你说，有打仗的计谋和能力。我看不过是虚话，你到底倚靠谁，才背叛我呢。
But almost three quarters of women said they would go for brains over good looks because handsome men are too vain and those with brains will be able to provide for them.
但是差不多四分之三的女人说她们更看重男人的头脑而非外表，因为帅哥都没用，而聪明的男人才有能力供养她们。
Four rescue boats and a helicopter searched in vain for Skinner yesterday and resumed the hunt today.
昨天，四艘救援船和一架直升飞机徒劳无功地搜寻斯金纳，今天搜寻工作再度展开。
Four rescue boats and a helicopter searched in vain for Skinner yesterday and resumed the hunt today.
昨天，四艘救援船和一架直升飞机徒劳无功地搜寻斯金纳，今天搜寻工作再度展开。
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