vacuous
英 ['vækjʊəs]
美['vækjuəs]
- adj. 空的；空虚的；空洞的；无意义的
词态变化
副词: vacuously;名词: vacuousness;
英英释意
- 1. complacently or inanely foolish
- 2. devoid of significance or point;
- "empty promises"
- "a hollow victory"
- "vacuous comments"
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.
实用场景例句
- a vacuous expression
- 茫然的表情
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the usual vacuous comments by some faceless commentator.
- 一些千人一面的评论员给出的毫无意义的寻常意见
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Both are equally remote and vacuous.
- 二者都同样是遥远和空虚的.
辞典例句
- His eyes looked dull, almost vacuous.
- 他看上去目光呆滞, 茫然若失.
辞典例句
- 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.
辞典例句
- In return, he offered cuts in industrial tariffs that were, if anything, even more vacuous.
- 作为回报, 他就工业关税减免, 如果有区别, 那就是更加空洞.
期刊摘选
- Happiness purifies our soul, and pales those who are materialistically prosperous yet spiritually vacuous.
- 幸福净化灵魂, 并让那些在物质上富足,然精神却很空洞的人黯然失色.
期刊摘选
- Therefore, to avoid a vacuous academic talk, ethical misconduct cannot be treated with vague academic parlance.
- 因此, 为了避免空洞的学术性议论, 对科学道德规范中的明知故犯不能用含糊不清的学术议论进行对待.
期刊摘选
- He has swapped talk of plain " rupture " for the vacuous " tranquil rupture ".
- 他将空洞无物的“平静决裂”替换为清晰明了的 “ 决裂 ”.
期刊摘选
- 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。
辞典例句