He stopped at the door, waiting in vain for her to acknowledge his presence.

他停在门口，徒然地等着她跟自己打招呼。

Our efforts were not in vain.; we didn't waste our energy.

我们的力气没有白费。

In vain he declared his innocence; he was dismissed with no better answer.

他宣称自己无罪，却徒劳无功；他没有更好的回答就被解雇了。

Evidently she was racking her head in vain--it seemed manifest that she must give the matter up.

显然，她徒劳地绞尽脑汁——显然她必须放弃这件事。

During the hours spent waiting in vain to see a bone doctor, I decided to take another track and try acupuncture.

在白白等待看骨科医生的几个小时里，我决定换一种方式，去尝试针灸。

To get a slim figure, Fanny has tried many ways, but in vain. So now she is reduced to not eating anything for supper.

为了得到苗条的身材，范妮尝试了许多方法，但都是徒劳的。所以现在她晚饭什么也不吃了。

All our efforts were in vain.

我们的所有努力都付诸东流了。

She searched in vain for her passport.

她翻找自己的护照，但没找着。

They tried in vain to persuade her to go.

他们极力劝说她去，但枉费了一番口舌。

Have you been taking my name in vain again?

你又在滥用我的名义吧？

They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.

他们怎么也找不到一个藏身的地方。

Parents campaigned in vain for her reinstatement.

家长们为她的复职而奔波，但是毫无结果。

He wants the world to know his son did not die in vain.

他想让世人知道他儿子的死不是毫无意义的。

A seemingly endless line of trucks waits in vain to load up.

看上去没有尽头的一排卡车徒劳地等着装货。

The plane circled twice, trying in vain to line up with the runway.

飞机盘旋了两圈，试图对准跑道降落却没成功。

She tried in vain to point out to him the unfairness of his actions.

她试图向他指出他的做法不公正，但无济于事。

In vain--the girl chirped on.

没有用——那姑娘叽叽喳喳地说下去。

Jeff searched in vain for Rosie in the next four days.

接下来的四天里，杰夫一直在寻找罗西，但没有找到。

Their blood was not shed in vain.

他们的血没有白流。

"No," said he, "it is all in vain."

“不。”他说，“一切只是徒劳。”

But it has been in vain.

但这一切都是徒劳的。

It has been in vain.

这一切都是徒劳的。

He prayed, he wept, he sorrowed, but all in vain.

他祈祷，他哭泣，他悲伤，但都是徒劳的。

The lads searched and researched this place, but in vain.

小家伙们一遍遍地搜索了这个地方，但没有找到。

Heidi struggled constantly against her sorrow, but in vain.

海蒂不断地与悲伤作斗争，但白费力气。

I spent all afternoon trying in vain to put this bookcase together.

我花了一下午的时间试图把这个书架组装起来，但没有成功。

There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child.

从前，有一对男女，他们一直想要个孩子，但一直没有实现。

"He must be swimming out to us," Starkey said, when they had looked for him in vain.

“他一定是游泳来的。”斯塔奇说，他们想看他，却没找到。

Mike told me yesterday that he had been looking in vain for a job in the art gallery.

迈克昨天告诉我，他一直在找美术馆的工作，但没有找到。

You should never blame the boy for the result of the test, for he had tried his best though all are in vain.

你不该责怪这个男孩成绩不佳，因为尽管一切都是徒劳，他也已经尽了最大努力。