2.[veın]a <Í> 1. тщетный, напрасный, бесполезный vain regrets - напрасные сожаления vain attempt - тщетная /безуспешная/ попытка vain discussion - бесплодный спор our hopes were vain - наши надежды не сбылись all resistance is vain, to resist is vain, it is vain to resist - сопротивление бесполезно it is vain for you to try - вы напрасно стараетесь 2. пустой; суетный; поверхностный vain pleasures - пустые развлечения vain promise [boasts] - пустое обещание [-ая похвальба] vain pomp - показное великолепие under a vain pretext - под надуманным предлогом 3. тщеславный; самодовольный, самовлюблённый, полный самомнения to be vain of smth. - кичиться чем-л. as vain as a peacock - ≅ надутый как индюк 4. уст.пустой, глупый (о человеке) ♢in vain - а) напрасно, безрезультатно, тщетно; зря; we protested in vain, it was in vain that we protested - мы безуспешно протестовали; all our work was in vain - вся наша работа пошла прахом /оказалась напрасной/; б) возвыш.всуе; напрасно; to take the name of the Lord in vain - библ.всуе употреблять имя господне; to take smb.'s name in vain - без всяких оснований ссылаться на кого-л.; спекулировать чьим-л. именем [авторитетом]
vain Идиома
in vain
without effect, without success We tried in vain to find a good job but it was impossible.
do sth in vain
Idiom(s): do sth in vain
Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE
to do something for no purpose; to do something that fails. • They rushed her to the hospital, but they did it in vain. • We tried in vain to get her there on time.
in vain|vain
adv. phr. 1. Without effect; without getting the desired result; without success. The drowning man called in vain for help.To cry over spilled milk is to cry in vain. Compare: GO FOR NOTHING, NO USE. 2. See: TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN.
take one's name in vain|in vain|name|take
v. phr. 1. To call upon (God) as a witness to your truth or honesty when you are lying; swear by (God) untruthfully. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. 2. informal To talk about a person or mention his name. "Did I hear someone taking my name in vain?" asked Bill as he joined his friends.
take someone's name in vain
take someone's name in vain Speak casually or idly of someone, as in There he goes, taking my name in vain again. This idiom originated as a translation from the Latin of the Vulgate Bible (Exodus 20:7), “to take God's name in vain,” and for a time was used only to denote blasphemy and profanity. In the early 1700s it began to be used more loosely as well.
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