查询词典 in vain

So long as you can sweeten another' s pain ,life is not in vain.

只要你能抚慰他人的痛楚，生命便没有虚度。

Means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

为此，我既不能再忍，就打发人去，要晓得你们的信心如何，恐怕那诱惑人的到底诱惑了你们，叫我们的劳苦归于徒然。

They tried to rally the pound sterling but in vain.

他们企图恢复英镑币值，但劳而无功。

Life is thorny and youth is in vain.

困难是有的，关键是心态！

The guest tried to stand the egg on end, but in vain.

那位客人试图把鸡蛋立起来，但没有成功。

It was a bitter disappointment to them to be told that their toilsome journey had been made in vain.

他们听到长途跋涉的朝拜乃是枉然的，就极其失望。

Townspeople jumped into their boats and tried in vain to save him.

镇上的人纷纷冲上船去救他，却没有成功。

But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.

它不能满足三趾蟾蜍女郎的心意。

But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain. He couldn't please her whim.

但是树蛙MM对两脚趾树蛙的殷勤不感兴趣，他无法赢得她的关注。

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。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。