Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - vain
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Vain
vain
~ adj 1 someone who is vain is very proud of their good looks, abilities, or position; conceited 2 in vain without success in spite of your efforts (I tried in vain to get Sue to come with us.) 3 vain attempt/hope/effort etc an attempt, hope etc that fails to achieve the result you wanted 4 vain threat/promise etc literary a threat, promise etc that is not worrying because the person cannot do what they say they will 5 take sb's name in vain humorous to talk about someone, while they are not there, especially in a way that shows a lack of respect for them 6 take the Lord's name in vain old use to swear using the words `God', `Jesus' etc - vainly adv (The instructor struggled vainly to open his parachute.) (- see also vanity)
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(vainer, vainest) 1. A vain attempt or action is one that fails to achieve what was intended. The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule... = fruitless ADJ: ADJ n • vainly He hunted vainly through his pockets for a piece of paper. ADV: ADV with v 2. If you describe a hope that something will happen as a vain hope, you mean that there is no chance of it happening. He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health. ADJ: ADJ n • vainly He then set out for Virginia for what he vainly hoped would be a peaceful retirement. ADV: ADV with v 3. If you describe someone as vain, you are critical of their extreme pride in their own beauty, intelligence, or other good qualities. I think he is shallow, vain and untrustworthy. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 4. If you do something in vain, you do not succeed in achieving what you intend. He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence... PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR 5. If you say that something such as someone’s death, suffering, or effort was in vain, you mean that it was useless because it did not achieve anything. He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain. PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, empty, futile, from Latin vanus — more at wane Date: 14th century 1. having no real value ; idle, worthless ~ pretensions 2. marked by futility or ineffectualness ; unsuccessful, useless ~ efforts to escape 3. archaic foolish, silly 4. having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements ; conceited Synonyms: see futile • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, nugatory, otiose, idle, empty, hollow mean being without worth or significance. ~ implies either absolute or relative absence of value ~ promises. nugatory suggests triviality or insignificance a monarch with nugatory powers. otiose suggests that something serves no purpose and is either an encumbrance or a superfluity a film without a single otiose scene. idle suggests being incapable of worthwhile use or effect idle speculations. empty and hollow suggest a deceiving lack of real substance or soundness or genuineness an empty attempt at reconciliation a hollow victory. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3 useless; followed by no good result (in the vain hope of dissuading them). Phrases and idioms in vain without result or success (it was in vain that we protested). take a person's name in vain use it lightly or profanely. Derivatives vainly adv. vainness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L vanus empty, without substance ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уст. тщета; тщеславие 2. тщетный, напрасный, бесполезный vain regrets —- напрасные сожаления vain attempt —- тщетная попытка vain discussion —- бесплодный спор our hopes were vain —- наши надежды не смылись all resistance is vain, to resist is vain, it is vain to resist —- сопротивление бесполезно it is vain for you to try —- вы напрасно стараетесь 3. пустой; суетный; поверхностный vain pleasures —- пустые развлечения vain promise —- пустое обещание vain pomp —- показное великолепие under a vain pretext —- под надуманным предлогом 4. тщеславный; самодовольный, самовлюбленный, полный самомнения to be vain of smth. —- кичиться чем-л. as vain as a peacock —- надутый как индюк 5. уст. пустой, глупый (о человеке) Id: in vain —- напрасно, безрезультатно, тщетно; зря; возв. всуе; напрасно Id: we protested in vain, it was in vain that we protested —- мы безуспешно протестовали Id: all our work was in vain —- вся наша работа пошла прахом Id: to take the name of the Lord in vain —- библ. всуе употреблять имя господне Id: to take smb.'s name in vain —- без всяких оснований ссылаться на кого-л.; спекулировать чьим-л. именем ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) тщетный; напрасный; vain efforts - напрасные усилия 2) пустой; суетный 3) мишурный, показной 4) тщеславный, полный самомнения; to be vain of smth. - гордиться чем-л. 5) obs. глупый - in vain Syn: see conceited ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 13c., from O.Fr. vein "worthless," from L. vanus "idle, empty." Meaning "conceited" first recorded 1692. Vainglory is 12c., from O.Fr. vaine glorie, from M.L. vana gloria. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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