vain
معنی فارسی
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معنی کامل و مثالها
/vān/adj.
● پوچ، توخالی، بیارزش، واهی
vain promises
قولهای توخالی
vain ceremonies
مراسم پوچ
● بیهوده، بینتیجه، بیخود، بیثمر، بیجا
our vain search to find the ring
جستجوی بیهودهی ما برای یافتن انگشتر
vain hope
امید بیجا
a vain attempt
کوشش بیهوده
● غره، مغرور، (به خود) نازنده، (به خود) بالنده
Zhilla is vain about her looks
ژیلا به قیافهاش مینازد.
too much success has made him vain
موفقیت زیاد او را غره کرده است.
he is very vain about his education
خیلی دربارهی تحصیلاتش به خود میبالد.
don't be vain about your wealth, it can vanish in one night; don't be vain about your looks, it can vanish after one fever
به مالت نناز به شبی بنده / به شکلت نناز به تبی بنده
● (قدیمی) تهیمغز، پوچاندیش، احمق
* in vain
1- بیهوده، (به طور) بینتیجه
I waited for her in vain
بیهوده برای او صبر کردم.
our complaints were in vain
شکوههای ما بیثمر بودند.
2- با بیحرمتی، کفرآمیز، سرسری
do not utter God's name in vain
نام خداوند را با بیحرمتی بر زبان نیاور.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Originates from Old French 'van', meaning 'empty' or 'worthless'.
مثال
- He was a vain man, always checking his reflection.
- She was vain about her looks.
- His vain attempt to win her heart was unsuccessful.
ترکیبهای رایج
Vain attempt Vain hope Vain man Vain woman
تعریف انگلیسی
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance “a conceited fool” “an attitude of self-conceited arrogance” “an egotistical disregard of others” “so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty” “growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary” “vain about her clothes”
- unproductive of success “a fruitless search” “futile years after her artistic peak” “a sleeveless errand” “a vain attempt”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Unreal, shadowy, unsubstantial, supposititious, dreamy, delusive, deceitful, false, baseless, imaginary, empty, void.
2. Unavailing, useless, bootless, ineffectual, fruitless, profitless, futile, nugatory, abortive, unprofitable, without avail, idle, to no purpose, to no end, ineffectual.
3. Worthless, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vapid, unimportant, trivial, unessential, useless.
4. Conceited, vain glorious, inflated, arrogant, egotistical, overweening, ostentatious, high, self sufficient, flushed, opinionated, self satisfied, self confident, self admiring, self opinioned, self flattering, high flown, puffed up, wise in one's own conceit.
5. Showy, ostentatious, gaudy, glittering, gorgeous.