<3. 注释> (1) in vain - without success in spite of your efforts 徒劳地: Police searched in vain for the missing gunman. (2) set free - to allow a person or an animal to be free 释放: All the other hostages were finally set free. (3) pass somebody by - if something passes you by, it happens but you are not involved in it 经过；流逝: She felt that life was passing her by. (4) break down - to fail or stop working in a successful way 失败: I left London when my marriage broke down. (5) run out of - to use all of something and not have any more left 用完: They ran out of money and had to abandon the project. He'd run out of ideas. (6) hold on - to continue doing something that is very difficult to do 坚持（做某事）: San Francisco held on to win 4-2. (7) disappear - to become impossible to see any longer 消失: David watched her car until it disappeared from view. (8) turn - a sudden or unexpected change that makes a situation develop in a different way 事件的转折；新趋势: My career had already taken a new turn. (9) count - to consider someone or something in a particular way 看作；认为: I don't count him as a friend anymore.
