vain

boşuna, beyhude

Yararlı bir sonuç elde etmeden veya hiçbir amaca hizmet etmeden.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Without achieving anything useful or serving any purpose.

• We searched in vain.
• She hoped their sacrifice had not been in vain.
• Did we spend all that money in vain?

Nasıl kullanılır: in vain (He called for help in vain.)

Eş anlamlılar: pointless, fruitless

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: in vain, die in vain, work in vain

kendini beğenmiş, kibirli

Görünüşünü veya yeteneklerini aşırı beğenen ve başkalarının hayranlığını isteyen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Too proud of your appearance or abilities, and wanting others to admire you.

• He is rather vain.
• She was vain about her beautiful hair.
• The vain actor demanded a larger photograph of himself.

Nasıl kullanılır: vain about something (He is vain about his looks.)

Eş anlamlılar: conceited, self-admiring

Zıt anlamlılar: modest, humble

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: vain person, rather vain, vain about something

boşuna, sonuçsuz

İstenen sonucu elde edemeyen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Failing to achieve the result you wanted.

• We made a vain attempt to stop him.
• Their efforts to save the tree were vain.
• She waited in the vain hope that he would return.

Eş anlamlılar: unsuccessful, futile

Zıt anlamlılar: successful

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: vain attempt, vain effort, vain hope, vain struggle