vainer

• Our efforts were not in vain .
  我们没有白忙。
• He leaned on me and attempted to walk, but it was in vain .
  他斜靠着我试图走动，但没有成功。
• All writers are vain .
  大凡作家都企慕名誉。
• Day after day she waited in vain for him to telephone her .
  日复一日，她徒劳地等待他打电话给她。
• I see that i am speaking in vain to a hardened heart .
  我明白了：对你这一副铁石心肠再讲也是白费。
• We protested in vain .
  我们白白抗议了。
• The hope proved vain .
  这个希望落了空。
• He 's a vain person .
  他的虚荣心很强。
• He is every bit as vain and conceited as we figured .
  他完全象我们大家估计的那样爱虚荣，那样狂妄。
• But she was, in reality, self-willed, vain and obstinate .
  但在骨子里，她却是刚愎、执拗而且爱虚荣的。