Vainly

(adv.) to no avail; 'he looked for her in vain'; 'the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution'.

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• Since that, we have quarrelled, and I have vainly asked him to return me my farce or pay me for it. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I tried vainly, in the gathering darkness, to see his face. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She had often vainly applied to her parents, as well as to her uncle, Lord Carysfort, who only wrote to load her with reproaches. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Down to that moment, I had vainly supposed that my creditor had withdrawn, or suspended proceedings until I should be quite recovered. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• At first I was painfully awake and vainly tried to lose myself, with my eyes closed, among the scenes of the day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He can influence the blood-thirsty war-dogs, while I resist their propensities vainly. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The old man saw him coming, and vainly strove to elude his grasp. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I had given him leave to find me out if he could, and I guessed that he was busily but vainly employed in the pursuit. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Your censor-pencil scored it with condemnatory lines, whose signification I strove vainly to fathom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• So persons vainly reason when their minds are already made up and their fortunes irrevocably linked together. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• But he is incapable of defending them in a discussion, and vainly tries to cover his confusion with banter and insolence. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• I longed only for what suited me--for the antipodes of the Creole: and I longed vainly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Vainly endeavouring to moisten those dry lips, with a painful sound she struggles with herself and complies. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Mrs. Pryor stood near, vainly urging her to rise and dress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Not the reign of your vainly-expected Messiah offers such power to your dispersed tribes as my ambition may aim at. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Thus, though words of solace were vainly uttered in his presence, he found relief in a direction of his own choosing when left to himself. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Raymond questioned vainly; the mysterious Greek would say no more. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I struggled vainly for firmness sufficient to answer him, but the effort destroyed all my remaining strength; I sank on the chair, and sobbed aloud. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Stung to madness, he vainly hoped, as many another has done, to fling the whole thing from his heart by one desperate effort. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I tried vainly to soothe her and reason with her--she was past being soothed, and past being reasoned with. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I courted serenity and confidence for her, and not vainly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I vainly pleaded my own total ignorance of music, and total want of taste in that direction. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• My mistress came out among us (with Mr. Franklin following, and trying vainly to compose her), quite beside herself with the horror of the thing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Archer's heart had slammed itself shut in the queer way it had, and he sat vainly groping for a word. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He would have me sought for: vainly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She tried to rally, but vainly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She tried to stop him; but vainly; he would go on, and say it all. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Having, in that hope, vainly courted sleep for several hours, my mind being deeply impressed with the subject, I sat down. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He set out; but the English fleet did not come his way, and he spent the summer vainly reconnoitering along the coast. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Vainly did Caroline inquire repeatedly if he would have another cup, if he would take a little hot tea, as that must be cold, etc. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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