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Whereupon Sophia tries to rise again to the Father, but in vain.

於是索菲娅试图再次上升的父亲，但都是徒劳的。

Margaret, the eldest of the four, was sixteen, and very pretty, being plump and fair, with large eyes, plenty of soft brown hair, a sweet mouth, and white hands, of which she was rather vain.

玛格丽特是她们四个中最大的，16岁，非常可爱，体态丰盈，大大的眼睛，又软又多的棕色头发，甜甜的笑，白皙的双手，这些令她很自得。

I'm so proud to have such a nice crew, my hommies: Kwokkin, Dough Boy, MC Henry and the one and the only Dennis Zee haha, also buddies who backing us up: Keli Lau aka Whiz Kid, Cofe and SW Kit of CORE, Chunkit Lee "PAPA", Eva and my girl Cindy the vain pot haha

我的这位朋友，刚刚得到了机会可以为香港电台拍摄纪录片，於节目将要出街的时候发生了不幸的事，我由衷的觉得伤心，亦感到无奈。

For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.

因为他们说恶言顶撞你；你的仇敌也妄称你的名。

My sister is very wilful, that will be in vain for changing her mind.

我妹妹很固执，你要她改变心意根本就是白费力气。

If students are allowed to believe that the classroom is like a cleverly-designed prison or a squirrel-cage in which they have to struggle hard to free themselves but in vain for several years before they win freedom upon graduation, they won't get any benefit from school education.

假如听凭他们把教室看作精心设计的牢笼，而他们必须在里面徒劳地折腾若干年才能最终冲出樊笼，那么他们将从中得益甚微或一无所获。

A rose in a moonlit garden, the shallow of trees on the turf, almond blossom, scent of pine, the wine-cup and the guitar; these and the pathos of life and death, the long embrace, the hand stretched out in vain, the moment that glides for ever away, with its freight of music and light, into the shadow and hush of the haunted past, all that we have, all that eludes us, a bird on the wing, a perfume escaped on the gale---all these things we are trained to respond, and the response is what we call literature.

月光下花园里的一支玫瑰，夏日里树木投下草坪的一片阴影，松柏的清香，酒杯或吉他；这些以及生死的悲情，长长的拥抱，无奈的伸出的双臂，转眼而逝的瞬间，带着那些音乐和光线，永远地消逝在对蹉跎往事的阴影里，我们所拥有的一切，从我们身边擦肩而过的事物，从眼前飞过的鸟儿以及随风飘过的发香，对所有这一切，我们的心灵会有一种感受，而对这种感受做出的反应就是我们所谓的文学。

Sometimes charity reflects a sense of mortality (as Joan Weill kindly reminded her husband:"shrouds don't have pockets"); sometimes, a vain hope of immortality, secured by your name on that university chair or hospital wing.

慈善有时候反映了一种对死亡的意识（就像Joan Weill好心的提醒她的丈夫："生不带来，死不带走。"）；有时候则是一种徒劳的想通过将自己的名字刻在大学的椅子上或者医院的椅背上获得不朽名声的期盼。

Sometimes charity reflects a sense of mortality (as Joan Weill kindly reminded her husband:"shrouds don't have pockets"②); sometimes, a vain hope of immortality, secured by your name on that university chair or hospital wing.

慈善事业或是折射出了人生终有尽头的心态（比如琼威尔平和的提醒她丈夫："裹尸布上可没装钱的口袋。"

In vain To no avail; without success.

徒劳：毫无收益的；未成功

I was up all night because I was in pain, she said.

我整夜，因为我在疼痛，她说。

A crow caws /craoks.

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