vacuous

英 ['v?kj??s] 美['v?kju?s]
  • adj. 空的;空虛的;空洞的;無(wú)意義的

GRE暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


副詞:?vacuously;名詞:?vacuousness;

英文詞源


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.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. Male models are not always so vacuous as they are made out to be.
男模特兒并不總像人們說(shuō)的那樣愚蠢。

來(lái)自辭典例句

2. She seemed almost to be apart from herself -- vacuous duplicate only.
她似乎幾乎與她自身都分離開了 - 僅僅剩下一個(gè)空虛的軀殼.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. We would be satisfied with any draft document, however vacuous.
我們對(duì)任何草案都會(huì)感到滿意, 即使草案的內(nèi)容非??斩匆矡o(wú)所謂.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Both are equally remote and vacuous.
二者都同樣是遙遠(yuǎn)和空虛的.

來(lái)自辭典例句

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

來(lái)自辭典例句