"in vain" 怎么发音
expression
ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈveɪn
in-VAYN
ˈɪn/ /vˈeɪn
in-VAYN
释义
If you do something in vain, you try hard but fail to achieve what you wanted, so your effort is wasted.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈɪn/, /ɪn/ /ˈveɪn
英式英语
ˈɪn/ /vˈeɪn
简化发音
美式
in-VAYN
英式
in-VAYN
语境中听
They searched in vain for their lost cat.
I tried in vain to fix my bike.
She waited in vain for the bus to arrive.
All his efforts were in vain—the project was canceled anyway.