vainly

adv.

1. 徒劳地；不成功地；白费力地
   without success
   1. He shouted after them, vainly trying to attract their attention.
      他在他们的后面高喊，想引起他们的注意，却是徒劳。

1. ADJ 徒劳的;无效的;不成功的
   A vain attempt or action is one that fails to achieve what was intended.
   1. The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule...
      起草委员会为按计划完成草案已通宵加班，但结果仍是徒劳。
   2. I was singing in a vain effort to cheer him up.
      我唱歌试图让他高兴起来，结果是白费力气。
2. ADJ 徒然的;无望的
   If you describe a hope that something will happen as a vain hope, you mean that there is no chance of it happening.
   1. He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health.
      他娶了第四个老婆苏珊，徒然希望她能使他健康状况好转。
3. ADJ-GRADED 自负的;虚荣的;自命不凡的
   If you describe someone as vain, you are critical of their extreme pride in their own beauty, intelligence, or other good qualities.
   1. I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy.
      我认为他浅薄虚荣，不可信任。
4. PHRASE 徒劳;白费力气
   If you do something in vain, you do not succeed in achieving what you intend.
   1. He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence...
      他在门口停住，徒然地等待她和自己打招呼。
   2. It became obvious that all her complaints were in vain.
      很明显她所有的抱怨都是白费口舌。
5. PHRASE 无用的;无意义的;无价值的
   If you say that something such as someone's death, suffering, or effort was in vain, you mean that it was useless because it did not achieve anything.
   1. He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.
      他想让全世界都知道，他的儿子不是白白死去的。

1. The criminals vainly sought concealment from the searchlight.
   罪犯们徒劳地躲闪着探照灯光。
2. He vainly hope to travel round the world on foot.
   他梦想步行周游世界。
3. Then let the sad eyes of love vainly watch and weep.
   那就让爱的愁眼，徒然地因着盼望而流泪。
4. Aunt Julia vainly asked each of her neighbours in turn to tell her what Gabriel had said.
   朱莉亚姨妈接连向坐在旁边的人打听加布里埃尔刚才说了些什么，却没有问出个所以然来。
5. I hoped vainly for a suggestion from him.
   我原希望他有所建议，但未能如愿以偿。
6. But when he found the right shelf, he sought vainly for the answer.
   可是等他找对了书架，答案却仍然渺茫。
7. I tried vainly to put the broken pieces together.
   我徒然地试图把这些碎片拼在一起。
8. Love is society's dangerous pressure, which ruins those who vainly try to comply with it.
   爱情是社会的危险压力，它可以毁掉徒劳地服从于爱情的人。
9. We have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom of our own.
   我们有妄想想象，在我们心中的欺骗性，所有这些都产生了一些祝福自己的优势智慧。
10. My heart longs to join in thy song, but vainly struggles for a voice.
    我的心渴望和你合唱，而挣扎不出一点声音。
11. A man I recognized ran furiously, but vainly, the length of the platform.
    我认识的一个男人匆匆跑来，一直追到月台尽头，可是晚了一步。
12. He, too, ten years ago, had piously sought out a tomb, and sought it vainly.
    十年以前，他也曾虔敬地去找一座坟墓，但他枉费了一番心思。
13. He again beheld the dull light vainly endeavoring to penetrate the narrow opening.
    他又看见了那从那狭窗口透进来的微弱的光线。
14. In order to vainly hope for the world.
    为了梦想中的世界。
15. He stood still, trying vainly to answer my question.
    他愣愣的站着，回答不出我的问题。
16. They vainly tried to find out the stranger's name.
    他们想查出那陌生人的姓名，却徒劳无功。
17. In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.
    在梦境里，我找到了曾在生命中徒劳寻觅的些微美丽，亦可流连于古老的花园和迷人的树林之中。
18. Of course, his hands still hold mine, and his eyes are fixed upon me. I study his face looking vainly for signs that he will grant what I am waiting for.
    自然，他依旧还握着我的手，把眼光紧钉在我脸上，然而我搜遍了，在他的各种表示中，我得不着我所等待于他的赐与。
19. Is that star delivers you, vainly hoped for the wing already grows in yours shoulder?
    是那颗星把你送过来的吧，还是梦想的羽翼早就生长在你的肩膀？
20. In order to vainly hope for2008!
    为了梦想中的2008！
21. In your despair you wander about vainly seeking contentment in empty pleasure.
    绝望中，你浪迹天涯，在虚无的快乐中寻找幸福。
22. He looked for her in vain; the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution.
    他没有找到她；城市的创建者没有找到一个解决方案。
23. Let us vainly hope for successfully, forms in one's mind successfully, plans.
    让我们梦想成功，构思成功，策划。
24. "Very agreeable indeed," she replied, vainly endeavouring to hide a great yawn.
    “的确很愉快，”莫兰小姐答道，尽管想憋住，但还是打了个大呵欠。
25. The papal captain have vainly endeavoured to induce his wife to remain behind him.
    教廷的队长曾白费力气地试图说服妻子留下不去。
26. No more can I turn the leaves of this dear book that loved, and vainly hope in time to read it all.
    我再也不可能翻开这本我所钟爱的宝贵的书，而妄想有时间把它读完了。
27. We struggle vainly, fighting to solve the problem.
    我们徒劳地斗争着，为解决问题而拼搏。
28. The team captain vainly tried to rally his troops.
    队长试图振作部队的士气，但没有成功。
29. The peasant is extremely happy, his little physical strength has not spent, will have picked up one both fertilizer and big hare vainly.
    农民高兴极了，他一点力气没花，就白捡了一只又肥又大的野兔。
30. I believed that good can bring happiness to me, I believe the fate, hopes me to be able to run into me in here to vainly hope for he.
    我相信善良能够给我带来幸福，我更相信缘分，但愿我能够在这里遇到我梦想中的他。

adv

1. to no avail
   1. he looked for her in vain
   2. the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution

   Synonym:    in vain