查询词典 vain

If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he lolls out his tongue.

假若我意欲，我一定要借那些迹象而提升他，但他依恋尘世，顺从私欲，所以他像狗一样，你喝斥它，它就伸出舌头来，你不喝斥它，它也伸出舌头来，这是否认我的迹象者的譬喻。

Ironically, the efforts of fathers to instill "manly" behavior in their sons are in vain: In a recent poll, women said that a man is not only manlier if he can weep, but sexier as well.

具有讽刺意味的是，父亲给儿子灌输&男人味&行为的努力恐怕要白费：在最近一项调查中，女性表示会流泪的男人不仅更有男人味，而且也更性感。

Religious ideologies have moralized the human world for thousands of years, but all in vain, which demonstrates that it is impossible to change the human society by ideological revolution alone.

共产主义的理论再强大，思想再善良，愿望再美好，只凭思想和理论不可能将资本社会转变为共产社会。

He blew a most furious blast; and nearly tore the cloak from its fastenings at his first attempt, but the man only held his cloak the more closely, and old Boreas spent his strength in vain.

但是这人去却把外套裹得紧紧的，结果着年老的波利亚斯白费了一番气力。

If I've made a mistake with any of these points, I'd be muddling along my whole life in vain, right?

如果这三条我要是哪条说错了，我这辈子算白混了，是不是？

Doth any man doubt,mat if there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, nattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like; but it would leave the minds,of a number of men, poor shrunken things

要是从人们底心中取去了虚妄的自是，自谀的希望，错误的评价，武断的想象，就会使许多人底心变成一种可怜的、缩小的东西，充满忧郁和疾病，自己看起来也讨厌。

The vain queen learns from a magic mirror that little Snow White outranks her as the "fairest in the land."

爱虚荣的王后从一面魔镜中得知，小小年纪的白雪公主的美貌超过了她，成了这个世界上最美丽的人。

His wife was a much less pleasant personthan he was, overdressed and as vain as a peacock.

他的妻子远没有他那样对人谦和。她过分打扮，而且十分爱慕虚荣。

His wife wAS a much less pleASant person than he wAS,overdressed and AS vain AS a peacock.

他妻子远没有他那样对人谦和。她过分打扮，而且十分傲慢。

By parodying conventional story form,Barthelme realizes his innovation on language;by parodying the classical fairy tale of The Glass Mountain,Barthelme smashes people s wishful thinking on any fairy tale s;by parodying some aspects of modern American society,Barthelme exposes the vain and worthless American Dream,the distorted human relationships and the serious so.

通过戏仿传统的小说形式，巴塞尔姆实现了他对语言进行的实验和革新；通过戏仿童话故事玻璃山，巴塞尔姆打破了人们对童话故事的美好幻想；通过戏仿当代美国社会生活的方方面面，巴塞尔姆揭示了美国梦的虚幻、现代社会扭曲的人际关系和严重的社会和生态问题。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。