英语词汇“to take in vain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Phrases

P1.

a. In the adverbial phr. in vain adv. to no effect or purpose; ineffectually, uselessly, vainly.After Latin in vanum, or Old French en vein (French en vain, = Italian in vano, Spanish en vano, Portuguese em vão).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase]

in (or on) idlenessc825

in (earlier on, an) idlec1000

in idleshipa1250

in vaina1300

over tomeheda1300

(all) for noughtc1300

in waste1340

in deveyn(ec1400

to little availc1450

without availc1450

in fruster1488

to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525

for nothing1560

sans fail1597

for vaina1616

α.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xx. 1 That..he spend noght his preciouse blode in vayn on vs.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16172 Of him he wend ha signes sene, For noght, al was in vain.

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 198 Thar Prayer was not in wayne.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 151 The more thai bad the mor it was in wayne.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iv. 48 Bot þat trawaill þai maid in wayne.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job ii. 3 Yet is it in vayne, for he contynueth still in his godlynesse.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xvii. 20 All was in vain, for there was no remedy but to obey.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 89 It is therefore in vain to grant Soveraignty by way of precedent Covenant.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 Nor Bits nor Bridles can his Rage restrain; And rugged Rocks are interpos'd in vain .

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶7 The secret Satisfaction of thinking that I have not Lived in vain.

1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 157 In vain do you seek repose from beds of roses.

1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 227 Here he endeavoured in vain to barter a rifle for a horse.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 623 He wrote piteous letters to the king and to several courtiers, but in vain.

1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iii. 31 Lewis tried in vain to satisfy his sons by dividing and redividing.

β. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10252 Alle here trauayle þey do yn veyn.c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1359 For wel I wot that it is al in veyn.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 4173 He..sayde, ‘nowe haue y trauellede twey [= twice] in feyne’.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 65 Ye schal nat labour al in veyne, Ye shul have hevene.a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 524 The king..al this resone thinkith bot in weyne.γ. a1300 Cursur M. (Edinb.) 19411 Al þaire striue was bot in wan.c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 518 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 44 Ȝet wald nocht god his prayer war in wane.1483 Cath. Angl. 197/1 In vane, frustra.a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice l. 148 in Poems (1981) 136 Him to reios ȝit playit he a spryng,..Bot all in wane, thai comfort him no thing.1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 13 Thay that sweris in uane and thay that sweris ony fals aith.1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 140 For lake of lederis thair thay wrocht in uane.a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xviii. 37 Vhen they sau they wroght in vane.

†b. So for vain. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase]

in (or on) idlenessc825

in (earlier on, an) idlec1000

in idleshipa1250

in vaina1300

over tomeheda1300

(all) for noughtc1300

in waste1340

in deveyn(ec1400

to little availc1450

without availc1450

in fruster1488

to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525

for nothing1560

sans fail1597

for vaina1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 12 My Grauitie Wherein..I take pride, Could I, with boote, change for an idle plume Which the ayre beats for vaine .

P2. to take in vain.

†a. To disregard, to treat with contempt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt

unworthc950

to make scorn at, toc1320

to take in vainc1330

despise1377

rebuke?a1400

despite1481

indign1490

to make a mumming of1523

flock1545

scandalize1566

to make coarse account of1578

misregard1582

overpeer1583

to make a pish at (also of)1593

to make a push at1600

to bite by the nose1602

blurta1625

to piss ona1625

to make wash-way of, with1642

trample1646

huff1677

snouch1761

to walk over (the course)1779

to run over ——1816

snoot1928

shaft1959

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 16271 Osewy tok þy somons in veyn, To come to court he hadde disdeyn.

a1400 Coer de L. 3769 Kyng Phelyp took theroff non hede, But layde thertoo a deff ear... Kyng Richardys words he took in vain.

b. With name as object. To use or utter (the name of God) lightly, needlessly, or profanely; transferred to mention or speak of casually or idly.A literal rendering of assumere (nomen Dei) in vanum in the Vulgate text of Exodus xx. 7.

ΚΠ

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xx. 7 Thow shalt not tak the name of the Lord thi God in veyn.

a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 25228 (MED) Len vs lord swilk mode and mayn þat we tak neuer þi name in vayn.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 41 The secunde thow shalle noght in vayne thi lord god name take.

1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 298 To sweir and tak his name in vane.

1630 W. Travers Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Angl. iii. 22 His name is taken in vaine.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 99 Who's that takes my Name in vain?

1860 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 185 Who, never naming God except for gain, So never took that useful name in vain.

1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. ii. 25 I always call Chancery ‘it’. I wouldn't take its name in vain for worlds.

单词	to take in vain
释义	> as lemmas to take in vain Phrases P1. a. In the adverbial phr. in vain adv. to no effect or purpose; ineffectually, uselessly, vainly.After Latin in vanum, or Old French en vein (French en vain, = Italian in vano, Spanish en vano, Portuguese em vão). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 α. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xx. 1 That..he spend noght his preciouse blode in vayn on vs. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16172 Of him he wend ha signes sene, For noght, al was in vain. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 198 Thar Prayer was not in wayne. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 151 The more thai bad the mor it was in wayne. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iv. 48 Bot þat trawaill þai maid in wayne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job ii. 3 Yet is it in vayne, for he contynueth still in his godlynesse. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xvii. 20 All was in vain, for there was no remedy but to obey. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 89 It is therefore in vain to grant Soveraignty by way of precedent Covenant. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 108 Nor Bits nor Bridles can his Rage restrain; And rugged Rocks are interpos'd in vain . View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶7 The secret Satisfaction of thinking that I have not Lived in vain. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 157 In vain do you seek repose from beds of roses. 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 227 Here he endeavoured in vain to barter a rifle for a horse. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 623 He wrote piteous letters to the king and to several courtiers, but in vain. 1864 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire iii. 31 Lewis tried in vain to satisfy his sons by dividing and redividing. β. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10252 Alle here trauayle þey do yn veyn.c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1359 For wel I wot that it is al in veyn.c1420 Chron. Vilod. 4173 He..sayde, ‘nowe haue y trauellede twey [= twice] in feyne’.c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 65 Ye schal nat labour al in veyne, Ye shul have hevene.a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 524 The king..al this resone thinkith bot in weyne.γ. a1300 Cursur M. (Edinb.) 19411 Al þaire striue was bot in wan.c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 518 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 44 Ȝet wald nocht god his prayer war in wane.1483 Cath. Angl. 197/1 In vane, frustra.a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice l. 148 in Poems (1981) 136 Him to reios ȝit playit he a spryng,..Bot all in wane, thai comfort him no thing.1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 13 Thay that sweris in uane and thay that sweris ony fals aith.1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 140 For lake of lederis thair thay wrocht in uane.a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xviii. 37 Vhen they sau they wroght in vane. †b. So for vain. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 12 My Grauitie Wherein..I take pride, Could I, with boote, change for an idle plume Which the ayre beats for vaine . View more context for this quotation P2. to take in vain. †a. To disregard, to treat with contempt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt unworthc950 to make scorn at, toc1320 to take in vainc1330 despise1377 rebuke?a1400 despite1481 indign1490 to make a mumming of1523 flock1545 scandalize1566 to make coarse account of1578 misregard1582 overpeer1583 to make a pish at (also of)1593 to make a push at1600 to bite by the nose1602 blurta1625 to piss ona1625 to make wash-way of, with1642 trample1646 huff1677 snouch1761 to walk over (the course)1779 to run over ——1816 snoot1928 shaft1959 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 16271 Osewy tok þy somons in veyn, To come to court he hadde disdeyn. a1400 Coer de L. 3769 Kyng Phelyp took theroff non hede, But layde thertoo a deff ear... Kyng Richardys words he took in vain. b. With name as object. To use or utter (the name of God) lightly, needlessly, or profanely; transferred to mention or speak of casually or idly.A literal rendering of assumere (nomen Dei) in vanum in the Vulgate text of Exodus xx. 7. ΚΠ 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xx. 7 Thow shalt not tak the name of the Lord thi God in veyn. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 25228 (MED) Len vs lord swilk mode and mayn þat we tak neuer þi name in vayn. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 41 The secunde thow shalle noght in vayne thi lord god name take. 1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 298 To sweir and tak his name in vane. 1630 W. Travers Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Angl. iii. 22 His name is taken in vaine. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 99 Who's that takes my Name in vain? 1860 Ld. Tennyson Sea Dreams 185 Who, never naming God except for gain, So never took that useful name in vain. 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. ii. 25 I always call Chancery ‘it’. I wouldn't take its name in vain for worlds. extracted from vainadj.n. < as lemmas
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