1·He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence.
他停在门口，徒然地等着她跟自己打招呼。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Our efforts were not in vain.; we didn't waste our energy.
我们的力气没有白费。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
3·In vain he declared his innocence; he was dismissed with no better answer.
他宣称自己无罪，却徒劳无功；他没有更好的回答就被解雇了。
4·Evidently she was racking her head in vain--it seemed manifest that she must give the matter up.
显然，她徒劳地绞尽脑汁——显然她必须放弃这件事。
5·During the hours spent waiting in vain to see a bone doctor, I decided to take another track and try acupuncture.
在白白等待看骨科医生的几个小时里，我决定换一种方式，去尝试针灸。
6·To get a slim figure, Fanny has tried many ways, but in vain. So now she is reduced to not eating anything for supper.
为了得到苗条的身材，范妮尝试了许多方法，但都是徒劳的。所以现在她晚饭什么也不吃了。
7·All our efforts were in vain.
我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。
—— 《牛津词典》
8·She searched in vain for her passport.
她翻找自己的护照，但没找着。
—— 《牛津词典》
9·They tried in vain to persuade her to go.
他们极力劝说她去，但枉费了一番口舌。
—— 《牛津词典》
10·Have you been taking my name in vain again?
你又在滥用我的名义吧？
—— 《牛津词典》
1·"No," said he, "it is all in vain."
“不。”他说，“一切只是徒劳。”
2·He prayed, he wept, he sorrowed, but all in vain.
他祈祷，他哭泣，他悲伤，但都是徒劳的。
3·You should never blame the boy for the result of the test, for he had tried his best though all are in vain.
你不该责怪这个男孩成绩不佳，因为尽管一切都是徒劳，他也已经尽了最大努力。
4·But it was all in vain, and I had a feeling of the most dreadful, shameful failure.
但这都是徒劳无益的，我有种极度可怕、极度可耻的失败的感觉。
5·Their supporters aimed to stir up tribal animosity against the court—in vain, since ordinary Kenyans still seem to back it.
他们的支持者们打算煽动国人仇视法庭——这是徒劳的，因为肯尼亚普通民众似乎仍然支持指控。
1·Heidi struggled constantly against her sorrow, but in vain.
海蒂不断地与悲伤作斗争，但白费力气。
2·My efforts were not in vain.
我的气力没有白费。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
3·All efforts to reconcile her with her husband were in vain.
使她与她丈夫和解的一切努力都白费了。
4·All my efforts were in vain.
我所有的努力都白费了。
5·Taking these steps will ensure your work is not in vain and leads to the next step in your Agile journey.
这些步骤能确保你的努力没有白费，并引导你在你的敏捷之旅上迈出下一步。
1·Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work ofthe Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
所以，我亲爱的弟兄们，你们务要坚固，不可摇动，常常竭力多作主工，因为知道你们的劳苦在主里面不是徒然的。
2·In other words, what God says is not in vain.
也就是说，神所说的话不会是徒然的。
3·Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
所以我亲爱的弟兄们，你们务要坚固不可摇动，常常竭力多作主工，因为知道你们的劳苦，在主里面不是徒然的。
4·I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
我不废掉神的恩。义若是借着律法得的，基督就是徒然死了。
5·For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain.
弟兄们，你们自己原晓得我们进到你们那里，并不是徒然的。
1·Well, at least that poor goat won't have died in vain.
那样，至少可怜的山羊就算没有白白送命了。
2·If not its people, not what the responsibilities, is driving empty, that is to say, in vain.
人要是没有它，不尽什么职责，就等于驾驶空车一样，也就是说，白白浪费。
3·Finish, I packed up everything, it is difficult to make in vain prolapse.
说完，我把东西都收拾起来了，这是为了让白白脱出困境。
4·Let not forget the victims of Pearl Harbor and Nanjing, for that they died in vain!
不要忘了珍珠港和南京的遇害者，不能让他们白白牺牲。
5·I saw it in vain fat belly, thought: it must eat very sweet.
我看见它白白胖胖的肚子，心想：它一定吃得很香。
1·If not climb up, more people to accept his apology in vain.
假如爬不起来，再多的人接受他的道歉也是枉然。
2·Words have wooed yet failed to win her; persuasion has stretched to her its eager arms in vain.
无数求爱的话，都已说过，但还没有赢得她的心；劝诱向她伸出渴望的臂，也是枉然。
3·Many appealed to the chief priests and rulers for sympathy and relief, but in vain.
许多人向祭司长和官长们请求同情和帮助，但都是枉然。
4·Words have wooed yet failed to win her; persuasion has stretched to her its eager arms in vain.
求爱无言已罢，却难以虏获她的心，诱蛊惑劝向她伸出双臂，亦为枉然。
5·Self-confidence comes from his own bar, to encourage more people to give up himself it was only in vain.
自信是来自于自己的吧，别人的鼓励再多自己却放弃了那只是枉然。
1·If the market jitters inject a sense of urgency, it will not be in vain.
一旦这种不安情绪与迫切感相结合，那么它就不会一无所获。
2·Zhenghong, Chongwen and Shixian strive to find Jinlong and Jiahui's whereabouts, but in vain.
正鸿，崇文和世贤三人想尽办法寻找金龙和佳慧的下落，但一无所获。