| 词组 | vain |
| 释义 | 1．比较下面四句： It was vain for me to try. I tried in vain. It was in vain that I tried. It was in vain for me to try. 第一句里用形容词 vain 做表语。第二句里用状语短语 in vain 形容 tried。第三句是第二句的强势式（参见 it 5）。第四句把 in vain 用作形容词短语，有人以为不正当。All my efforts were (in) vain 里用 in 也有人以为不正当。 2．In vain the horse kicked and reared, but he could not unseat his rider 里既用 In vain，又用 but，不合理。该把 In vain 删去，或把 but 删去，reared 后的逗号改作分号。 |
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