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vacuous

英 ['vækjʊəs] 美['vækjuəs]
  • adj. 空的;空虚的;空洞的;无意义的

GRE畅通词汇

词态变化


副词: vacuously;名词: vacuousness;

英文词源


vacuous (adj.)
1640s, "empty" (implied in vacuousness), from Latin vacuus "empty, void, free" (see vacuum (n.)). Figurative sense of "empty of ideas, without intelligent expression" is from 1848. Related: Vacuously.

双语例句


1. Male models are not always so vacuous as they are made out to be.
男模特儿并不总像人们说的那样愚蠢。

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2. She seemed almost to be apart from herself -- vacuous duplicate only.
她似乎几乎与她自身都分离开了 - 仅仅剩下一个空虚的躯壳.

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3. We would be satisfied with any draft document, however vacuous.
我们对任何草案都会感到满意, 即使草案的内容非常空洞也无所谓.

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4. Both are equally remote and vacuous.
二者都同样是遥远和空虚的.

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5. His eyes looked dull, almost vacuous.
他看上去目光呆滞, 茫然若失.

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