vainly meaning in English
adv.
虚妄地，无益地；自负地。 be vainly proud of 以…而目空一切。 vainly hope for 妄想。
Examples
- He vainly hope to travel round the world on foot .
他梦想步行周游世界。 - She cast about vainly for some possible place to apply for a job .
她无望地要找个地方申请职业。 - Glaucus vainly endeavoured to cheer the exhausted spirits of ione .
格劳科斯徒然地竭力安慰着垂头丧气的伊俄涅。 - The papal captain have vainly endeavoured to induce his wife to remain behind him .
教廷的队长曾白费力气地试图说服妻子留下不去。 - While i was still vainly trying to establish order i heard a frightful yelling .
我正在徒劳无功地维持秩序，忽然听到一声可怕的喊叫。