vain是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 徒劳的, 无效果的; 自负的; 不尊敬的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In vain he declared his innocence; he was dismissed with no better answer.
-- And when the time came for him to go home, he had bought pearls and jewels for the two eldest, but he had sought everywhere in vain for the rose; and when he went into any garden and asked for such a thing, the people laughed at him, and asked him whether he thought roses grew in snow.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After much debate, they concluded unanimously, that I was only relplum scalcath, which is interpreted literally lusus naturae; a determination exactly agreeable to the modern philosophy of Europe, whose professors, disdaining the old evasion of occult causes, whereby the followers of Aristo-tle endeavoured in vain to disguise their ignorance, have 125invented this wonderful solution of all difficulties, to the unspeakable advancement of human knowledge.
-- This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavour to do himself honour among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.
-- It was in vain to discover my resentments, which were always turned into ridicule; and I was forced to rest with patience, while my noble and beloved country was so injuriously treated.
-- But I had soon reason to repent those foolish words: for that malicious reprobate, having often endeavoured in vain to persuade both the cap-tains that I might be thrown into the sea (which they would not yield to, after the promise made me that I should not die), however, prevailed so far, as to have a punishment in-flicted on me, worse, in all human appearance, than death itself.
-- I had hitherto concealed the secret of my dress, in order to distinguish myself, as much as possible, from that cursed race of Yahoos; but now I found it in vain to do so any lon-ger.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was in vain for Bounderby to bluster or to assert himself in any of his explosive ways; Mrs. Sparsit was resolved to have compassion on him, as a Victim.
-- Though they took but a hasty breakfast, and no rest (which it would have been in vain to seek under such anxious circumstances), it was noon before they began to find the bills of Sleary's Horse-riding on barns and walls, and one o'clock when they stopped in the market-place.
-- FINALIt is a dangerous thing to see anything in the sphere of a vain blusterer, before the vain blusterer sees it himself.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I was crushed, annihilated!and exhausted myself in vain attempts to turn in my granite bed.
-- I have, while writing these memoirs, taxed my memory in vain for one incident of travel during this particular period.
-- To describe the horrible state of despair and fear into which I then fell would now be vain and impossible.
-- Lost in a vast labyrinth, the sinuosities of which spread in every direction, without guide, clue or compass, I knew it was a vain and useless task to attempt flight.
-- My uncle made vain attempts to restrain me.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Her sister he considered somewhat vain and proud, but a young lady of infinite accomplishments, who could not forget the past.
-- It were vain to conceal it.
-- Strait was the gate and narrow was the way; far straiter and narrower than the broad high road paved with vain professions and vain repetitions, motes from other men's eyes and liberal delivery of others to the judgment all cheap materials costing absolutely nothing.
-- It was in vain for Mr Flintwinch to try another screw at him.
-- It was in vain for the engaging Ferdinand to bring Lord Decimus to look at the bronze horses near Mr Merdle.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It's only the vain part of me that goes and cries in this silly way.
-- It would be pleasing to the saints if one used so fine a rosary as this, instead of wearing it as a vain bijou.'
-- In vain Meg begged him to stop.
-- In vain Mrs. Chester alluded to her 'charming novel', and the Misses Chester introduced parties, picnics, the opera, and the fashions.
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