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vain I. adjectiv

1. van, deşert, gol; găunos, fără conţinut; frivol;

vain pleasures păceri vane / deşarte;

a vain pretext un pretext frivol.

2. zadarnic, inutil;

a vain resistance o rezistenţă zadarnică;

it is vain to deny it e inutil să negi;

vain efforts eforturi zadarnice.

3. înfumurat, îngâmfat, vanitos, plin de sine;

he is as vain as a peacock se umflă în pene ca un păun;

to be vain of a se mândri cu, a se fuduli cu;

he is vain of his voice se fuduleşte cu glasul lui.

4. (înv.) fără sens, absurd, prostesc.

vain II. s.

in vain a) zadarnic, degeaba, în zadar, în van;

it was in vain that we tried în zadar am încercat;

in vain did I tell him not to go there în zadar i-am spus să nu se ducă acolo;

everything is in vain totul e zadarnic;

to labour in vain a munci inutil / în zadar; b) (bibl.) în deşert;

to take Good's name in vain a lua numele Domnului în deşert.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Does my vain spirit ever tell me I am wrong?

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

"I'll try not to be vain," said Amy.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

He is blinded, and nothing will open his eyes; nothing can, after having had truths before him so long in vain.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

I have not suffered quite in vain.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

It was in vain that I asked Holmes to remain for the evening.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Husbands and wives generally understand when opposition will be vain.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

A person may be proud without being vain.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

His look of importance showed that his day’s work had not been in vain.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Vain favour! coming, like most other favours long deferred and often wished for, too late!

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I bent over him, and tried to find any sign of life, but in vain.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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