Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord the God in vain .

(圣经)你不可妄称耶和华神的名。

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"By my faith, madam," says Robin, "it is in vain to mince the matter or tell any more lies about it

“皇天在上，太太，”洛宾说，“再扭扭捏捏地不说，或者再多扯些谎都是没有用的。”

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You thought to escape my munificence, but it is in vain

“你以为可以逃避我慷慨的馈赠，但这是没有用的。

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Then the carbineers scoured the country in different directions, but in vain ; then, after a time, they disappeared

“于是那些骑兵就四下里搜索了一阵子，但到处都找不到，过了一会儿，他们走远了。

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"In two or three hours," thought Dants, "the turnkey will enter my chamber, find the body of my poor friend, recognize it, seek for me in vain , and give the alarm

“在两三小时以内，”唐太斯想道，“狱卒会到我的房间里去发现我那可怜的朋友的尸体，认出他来，又找不到我，就会发出呼叫。

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You’ll find the body-Building centre downtown. You may have a look and a try while going shopping or coming off work. You’ll conclude: It’s not been visited in vain .

本健美中心就在商业区，您下班或购物时请来此地看一看，玩一玩，定会觉得不虚此行!

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Don’t take what I say in vain .

别随便引用我说的话。

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In vain by respectful condescension and kind flattery this matchless mother tried to soothe the sorrows of her daughter-in-law

不论这位仁厚无比的婆婆怎样尊重她的儿媳妇，对她表示殷勤，怎样善意地说些恭维话，也减轻不了她的悲伤。

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When I look back at the past and think how much time has been wasted in vain , my heart bleeds

当我回顾过去时，想到自己虚掷了多少光阴，心里痛苦极了。

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You will try, try in vain to repeat windfall gain

得意不宜再往。

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The climber tried in vain to make a grad at the rope.

登山者试图抓住绳子，但没有成功。

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All efforts of mediation by the third side were in vain at all

第三方所作的从中调解的一切努力均告失败。

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A frankfurt court ordered Deutsche Bahn (Germany Railways)to pay the man, who walked uncomfortably through the modern high-speed train, stumbling over people sitting in the corridors, as he searched in vain for a working WC

法兰克福一家法院命令德国铁道公司向该男子支付赔偿金，后者磕磕绊绊地越过坐在走道中的人，艰难地穿过这列现代化的高速列车，却终于没能找到一个能用的厕所。

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To them no good cause appeals in vain .

凡是有益的事业无不得到他们的支持。

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Before the crash, the pilot attempted to drop one of the auxiliary fuel tanks so that he could climb higher and avoid the crash, but in vain .

飞机坠毁之前，驾驶员曾试图扔掉一只副油箱，以便能使飞机飞得高一些，避免坠毁，但这一切都是徒劳。

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I am so sorry I have been unable to get you the telephone number of Professor Qian yet. I have tried very hard but in vain . I will keep on trying.

很抱歉，到现在我还没有为你查到钱教授的电话号码。尽管我想了不少办法，但还是没有结果。我会继续帮你找的。

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asked Monte Cristo with an emotion he in vain endeavored to dissimulate

基督山用一种抑制不住的的激动的情绪问。

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She racked her brains in vain .

她白费心思。

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Her voice was beginning to rise and she tried in vain to control it.

她的声音开始提高，她试图控制住，但做不到。

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She racked her brains in vain .

她枉费心机。

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She tried in vain to attain to fame.

她想出名但没有成功。

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She began to say to herself that, when next she met her husband, life should not be insipid nor should the spring come in vain

她于是对自己说，等到和丈夫重逢的时候，生活可再不能那么平淡乏味了，再不能让春光虚度了。

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An old dog barks not in vain .

老狗不乱吠;老狗一吠,就得小心。

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Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails

丽莉完全明白自己现在已变成一名被丢在荒岛上徒然向驶去的帆船呼救的遗弃者了。

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Alchemists searched in vain for this substance for several hundred years

炼金术士探寻这种物质达数百年之久而终无所获。

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The traveller searched in vain for a vacancy at motels.

旅行者无法在汽车旅馆找到空房间。

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Mercury sat down, talked, told stories till it grew late, and played upon his pipes his most soothing strains, hoping to lull the watchful eyes to sleep, but in vain ; for argus still contrived to keep some of his eyes open, though he shut the rest

墨丘利在岩石上坐下来，谈个不停，大说故事，直到天色渐渐地暗了下来;这时他又吹起了箫，奏着最能安神的乐曲，企图催那些警觉的眼睛进入梦乡，但没有奏效;因为阿尔戈斯虽然闭上了其中一些眼睛，但总有别一些还是睁着的。

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This haughty beauty, whom the duke Orsino had loved so long in vain , at first sight conceived a passion for the supposed page

那个骄傲的美人，公爵奥西诺久恋不得，却一见钟情，爱上了这个乔装的童仆。

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Another respectable scholar named Liu Ziji from Nanyang Town was told about the mysterious spot, and he was joyful to have a try but died while seeking for it in vain

南阳刘子骥，高尚士也，闻之，欣然规往，未果，寻病终。

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Your ostrich policy is in vain .Be a man and face up to the fact.

你自欺欺人是没有用的，要像个男子汉那样面对现实。

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