If one could study at this window on a moonlit night one would not have lived in vain

若能月夜坐此窗下读书,不枉虚生一世.

属类：文学表达-中文名著-红楼梦

When all the gods, including apollo, the god of medicine, had tried in vain to offer an efficacious remedy, the father of gods and men summoned Hephaestus to split open his head

所有的天神,包括药神阿波罗在内,都提不出一个有效的治疗方案。于是,这位众神和人类之父召来火神赫费斯托斯,叫他将自己的头劈开。

属类：综合句库--

He tried in vain to catch the butterfly on the flower

他白费力气想抓住停在花上的蝴蝶。

属类：综合句库--

He never once took the name of the lord his God in vain , committed adultery or coveted his neighbor's ass

他从不亵渎上帝的名字,从不和人通奸,从不想去勾引邻居的老婆。

属类：综合句库--

All his efforts seem in vain .

他的努力似乎都白费了。

属类：综合句库--

It seemed to him that he had but just waked up from some inexplicable dream, and that he found himself slipping down a declivity in the middle of the night, erect, shivering, holding back all in vain , on the very brink of the abyss

他仿佛觉得他刚从一场莫名其妙的梦里醒过来,又看见自己正在黑夜之中,从一个斜坡滑向一道绝壁的最边上;他站着发抖,处于一种进退两难的地位。

属类：综合句库--

All his father's exhortations were in vain .

他父亲的一切劝告都无效.

属类：综合句库-典型例句-

He proposed to himself to achieve what hitherto he had been promised in vain .

他决定要完成一件至今尚无希望的事情。

属类：综合句库--

Their efforts were not in vain .

他们的努力没白费。

属类：综合句库--

They endeavoured to make her happy but in vain .

他们尽量使她快乐,却徒劳无功.

属类：综合句库-典型例句-

They tried to make the boy open up but in vain .

他们企图迫使那男孩把秘密说出来,可是没有成功。

属类：综合句库--

They tried in vain to pour oil upon troubled waters

他们试图平息风波,但没有成功。

属类：综合句库--

In vain they rush frantically round from place to place,trying to escape from avenging boredom by mere clatter and motion.

他们徒劳地狂躁地到处跑动,想通过咿哩哇喇和活动肢体来摆脱成为报应的无聊。

属类：综合句库--

They protested to the President but in vain .

他们向总统提抗议,但没有结果。

属类：综合句库--

He tried in vain to lure her away from husband and home

他企图诱使她离开丈夫和家庭,结果是枉费心机。

属类：综合句库--

He tried in vain to lute the young man away from the countryside.

他企图诱使那个青年离开农村,结果是枉费心机。

属类：综合句库--

He tried to hustle along through the crowd, but in vain .

他试图挤着穿过人群,但是过不去。

属类：综合句库--

He tried to hustle along through the crowd,but in vain .

他试图挤着穿过人群,但是过不去。

属类：综合句库--

He tried in vain to get into contact with the local branch.

他试图与当地分部取得联络,但没有成功。

属类：综合句库--

But in vain did he rack his imagination; fertile as it was, he could not devise any plan for reaching the island without companionship

他虽然想象力丰富,但在一番苦思冥想以后,仍然是一场空,他想不出任何计划可以不用人陪伴而到他所渴望的小岛上去。

属类：综合句库--

That misery which he strives in vain to relieve

他徒劳地奋力去减轻苦难

属类：综合句库--

He tried in vain to clear himself of the suspicion.

他未能消除人们对他的怀疑。

属类：综合句库--

He tried in vain to attain to fame.

他想出名,但没成功。

属类：综合句库--

Suddenly a distant sound of rapidly advancing wheels was heard, and almost immediately a carriage appeared, drawn by a pair of wild, ungovernable horses, while the terrified coachman strove in vain to restrain their furious speed

突然间,他隐约听到了车轮急速滚动的声音,立刻一辆马

属类：综合句库--

In vain her anxious thought for half a lifetime

枉费了,意悬悬半世心

属类：文学表达-中文名著-红楼梦

Took the name of the Lord in vain .

妄称上帝之名

属类：综合句库--

M. de Villefort, who examined him attentively, and who no doubt practiced upon him all the psychological studies he was accustomed to use, in vain endeavored to make him lower his eyes, notwithstanding the depth and profundity of his gaze

维尔福先生不时地看他一眼,无疑他在向犯人实施他惯用的心理攻势,但他虽然不时地逼视那被告,却始终都没能使他低头,起诉书终于读完了。

属类：综合句库--

Hullo! Who's that, taking my name in vain ?

喂!是谁在那儿议论我?

属类：综合句库--

I read his article again and again, trying hard to understand what he was driving at but in vain

我把他的文章读了又读,但对他的意图仍百思不解。

属类：综合句库--

I'm afraid all my efforts were in vain .

我担心我的努力全白费了

属类：口语表达--