好的,我将从专业语言学角度为您解析这对易混淆词汇的用法差异:
1. 词性差异
- vanity (n.) 名词,指"虚荣心"或"无价值的事物"
- vain (adj.) 形容词,表示"徒劳的"或"自负的"
2. 核心语义对比
? vanity侧重"对自身外貌/成就的过度关注":
Her vanity made her spend hours taking selfies.
(她的虚荣心让她花数小时自拍)
? vain作"徒劳"解时强调"无效果":
They made vain attempts to save the drowning man.
(他们徒劳地尝试拯救溺水者)
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That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements.
A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors on top. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.
A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
Emptiness.
Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
same as dressing table.
A cabinet built around a bathroom sink, usually with a countertop and sometimes drawers.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
Showy; ostentatious.
Vanity; emptiness; - now used only in the phrase in vain.
That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements.
A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors on top. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.
A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
Emptiness.
Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
same as dressing table.
A cabinet built around a bathroom sink, usually with a countertop and sometimes drawers.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
Showy; ostentatious.
Vanity; emptiness; - now used only in the phrase in vain.