词根词缀法
va空;in里面。竹篮打水一场空,努力徒劳的。
扩展记忆:
字母V v - 象形山谷,交叉状,喻空
Vv大小写形状均象山谷(valley),同时又是交叉状,故比喻“空”之意。如vain(空虚的),表示人(a)住在家里(in)里面,觉得很空虚(vain)。又如civil(平民),原意是贵族认为平民就是那些只知道张口(c)喝水(i)吃饭的空壳(v)的人(l)。又如vacuum(真空)有三个表示空的字母v、u,u,m又表示“多”,表示“真的是多么空啊”!所以有“真空”的意思。
另外,victory(胜利),那是因为真正的胜利是是赤手空拳(v)的人(i)弯腰(c)拜神(t)获得的,最后的ory是名词后缀。
重要短语
in vain徒然;无效
vain glory虚荣
As he stood there, the sun went behind the clouds, leaving the room gloomy.
此时太阳光忽然躲起来了, 厢房里便显得很阴暗.
来源:子夜部分The principal made another vain appeal for better equipment in the school laboratory.
校长又一次请求增加学校实验设备,但又是一场空.
来源:《用法词典》She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears.
她紧闭双眼,却无法忍住眼泪。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》He married his fourth wife, Susan, in the vain hope that she would improve his health.
他娶了第四个老婆苏珊,徒然希望她能使他健康状况好转。
来源:柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence...
他在门口停住,徒然地等待她和自己打招呼。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》They attempted in vain to modernise these antiquated industries.
他们企图使这些陈旧的工业现代化,结果劳而无功.
来源:《简明英汉词典》I read his article again and again, trying hard to understand what he was driving at but in vain.
我把他的文章读了一遍又一遍, 但对他的意图仍百思不解.
来源:《现代汉英综合大词典》He was so vain and reckless that he would break a friendship, rather than not break a jest.
他是如此虚荣狂妄,宁可和人翻脸, 有笑话却不能不说.
来源:《简明英汉词典》The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule...
起草委员会为按计划完成草案已通宵加班,但结果仍是徒劳。
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