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。

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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。

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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。

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Still, those at the Fed are nothing if not hubristic, and they'll surely try in vain to be ahead of collapsing markets despite their inability to predict them in the past.

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The people of Pennsylvania Avenue can be vain, greedy, downright nasty as well.

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But, given the swarm of vain consumers out there, hard proof may not be prerequisite for success.

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