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I began to examine what it was that resulted in my nearsightedness in vain. I got really perplexed: both my father and mother had good eye sight and I didn't have any bad habits of using eyes, but why should I have to have such strange glass-made two-legged things on my nose?

我开始审视究竟是什么导致了我的近视，结果却让我迷惑不已：我的父母均视力良好，我也没有不好的用眼习惯，那我为何偏偏要架这样一副两条腿的怪东西在鼻子上呢？

In vain to comfort myself with the thought that I could get through more work in the winter undistracted by thoughts of cricket grounds and country houses.

一星期前————一星期前，我还在为即将逝去的夏季而哀伤，还在想自己怎么可能忍受长达八个月等待的煎熬——还有八个月才是夏季呀！

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 life of her style of writing is wicked, vain of, unfathomable of.

她笔下的人生是乖戾的，虚幻的，莫测的。

But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

但要远避世俗的虚谈，因为这等人必进到更不敬虔的地步。

But avoid profane, vain babblings, for they will advance to more ungodliness

2：16 但要远避世俗的空谈，因为这些空谈必进而成为更不敬虔。

Their full slow eyes belied the words, the gestures eager and unoffending, but knew the rancours massed about them and knew their zeal was vain.

他们呆滞的眼神跟话语不配，他们的身姿急切而毫无戒备，但是他们知道自己肚子里的怨气越来越多，知道他们自己的努力终归徒劳。

All in vain, water can not be unquantifiable.

人不可貌相，水不可斗量。

I have said it often enough, but I must say it once again, since it is so much a part of my case for handicraft, that so long as man allows his daily work to be mere unrelieved drudgery he will seek happiness in vain.

他们之所以懒洋洋地也承认美有存在的价值，纯粹出于一种惯例，一种旧时代观念的残余，在那个时代，美对于每个人都是必需的。

The Prince of Wales has had unsatiated curiosity about him, but in vain.

到最后，一点问题都没有看出来，他就被释放了。

Lugalbanda was a god and shepherd king of Uruk where he was worshipped for over a thousand years.

Lugalbanda 是神和被崇拜了一千年多 Uruk古埃及喜克索王朝国王。

I am coming just now,' and went on perfuming himself with Hunut, then he came and sat.

我来只是现在，'歼灭战perfuming自己与胡努特，那麼，他来到和SAT 。