vainly是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为adv. 徒劳地，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。
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I've had many a laugh at her perplexities and untold troubles, which she vainly strove to hide from my mockery.
-- I, having vainly begged the wilful girl to rise and remove her wet things, left him preaching and her shivering, and betook myself to bed with little Hareton, who slept as fast as if everyone had been sleeping round him.
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