vain
US: /ˈveɪn/
UK: /vˈeɪn/
UK: /vˈeɪn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
vain /vein/
- tính từ
- vô hiệu, không có kết quả, vô ích
- vain efforts: những cố gắng vô ích
- hão, hão huyền
- vain promises: những lời hứa hão huyền
- rỗng, rỗng tuếch
- vain words: những lời rỗng tuếch
- phù phiếm
- vain man: người phù phiếm
- tự phụ, tự đắc
- to be vain of: tự đắc về
- as vain as a speacock
- dương dương tự đắc
- in vain
- vô ích, không ăn thua gì, không hiệu quả
- to protest in vain: phản kháng không hiệu quả
- khinh thị, bất kính
- to take someone's name in vain: nói về ai một cách khinh thị
- vô hiệu, không có kết quả, vô ích
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 that does not produce the result you want
Synonym: USELESS
She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears. + I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer.
2 (disapproving) too proud of your own appearance, abilities or achievements
Synonym: CONCEITED
She's too vain to wear glasses.
See also -
Idioms: in vain without success: They tried in vain to persuade her to go. + She waited in vain for her son to return. + All our efforts were in vain.
more at NAME n.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 proud, conceited, haughty, arrogant, boastful, egotistical, cocky, self-important, vainglorious, narcissistic, Colloq big-headed, swell-headed, stuck-up, swollen-headed:
They are so vain that they have mirrors in every room.
2 worthless, profitless, bootless, pointless, unsuccessful, empty, futile, useless, unavailing, unproductive, fruitless, ineffective, abortive:
Peter sent Carol flowers every day in a vain attempt to win her back.
3 in vain.
(a) vainly, futilely, unsuccessfully, fruitlessly, bootlessly:
In vain, we sought the help of the police.
(b) irreverently, blasphemously, disrespectfully, improperly:
Despite his mother's admonitions, he continues to take the Lord's name in vain.
Concise English dictionary
vainer|vainestveɪn
adj.
+characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
+unproductive of success
