void

• adj. 空的；无效的；无人的
• n. 空虚；空间；空隙
• vt. 使无效；排放
• n. (Void)人名；(俄)沃伊德

来自古法语voide,空的，来自PIE*wa-,空出，遗弃，词源同vain,vacuum。引申词义空白，空虚。

1. the state of nonexistence

2. an empty area or space;

"the huge desert voids"

"the emptiness of outer space"

"without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

void

void: see avoid

void (adj.)

c. 1300, "unoccupied, vacant," from Anglo-French and Old French voide, viude "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste, uncultivated, fallow," as a noun, "opening, hole; loss," from Latin vocivos "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacuus "empty" (see vacuum (n.)). Meaning "lacking or wanting" (something) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "legally invalid, without legal efficacy" is attested from mid-15c.

void (n.)

1610s, "unfilled space, gap," from void (adj.). Meaning "absolute empty space, vacuum" is from 1727.

void (v.)

"to clear" (some place, of something), c. 1300, from Anglo-French voider, Old French vuider "to empty, drain; to abandon, evacuate," from voide (see void (adj.)); meaning "to deprive (something) of legal validity" is attested from early 14c. Related: Voided; voiding.

She noticed there was a real void in quality STEM education at all levels of the public educational system.

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

We all know there exists a great void in the public educational system when it comes to exposure to STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics courses.

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

Below him was nothing but a black void.

他下面只是一片漆黑。

牛津词典

(figurative)The void left by his mother's death was never filled.

他母亲死后留下的空虚感永远没能填补上。

牛津词典

The sky was void of stars.

天空没有一颗星星。

牛津词典

The agreement was declared void.

该协议已宣布无效。

牛津词典

void spaces

空位

牛津词典

His death has left a void in the cricketing world which can never be filled.

他的死给板球界留下一个永远无法填补的空白。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...an aching void of loneliness.

痛苦的孤寂感

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He stared into the dark void where the battle had been fought...

他凝望着那片漆黑的空旷之地，那次战役就是在这里进行的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The ship moved silently through the black void...

船静悄悄地划过漆黑的夜。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The original elections were declared void by the former military ruler...

前军事领导人宣布最初的选举无效。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The agreement will be considered null and void.

该协议将被视作无效。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He rose, his face void of emotion as he walked towards the door...

他站起来，面无表情地朝门口走去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The treaty is now void of absolute commitments.

条约现在失去了绝对的约束力。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The Supreme Court threw out the confession and voided his conviction for murder.

最高法院驳回了供词，宣布他谋杀罪名不成立。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

That matters because it means our cards are sent out into an informational void.

这一点很重要,因为它意味着我们的卡片被送进了信息真空.

期刊摘选

Therefore, the Service Period agreed by the company and A is illegal and void.

因此, 公司与小王在《服务期协议》中的约定不合法,属于无效约定.

期刊摘选

His face was void of expression.

他的脸毫无表情.

辞典例句

Interface void damage is the failure characteristic of solder joint under temperature cycling.

温度循环载荷可以在焊点界面处形成足以导致空洞损伤发生的高应力三轴度.

期刊摘选

It's not like him to put forward suggestions wholly void of sense.

他才不会提毫无见识的建议呢.

辞典例句

The agreement was declared void ab initio.

此协议自一开始就被宣布无效。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

With some kind of spirited sense he seemed to envisage a bleak, horrible void.

他用某种精神的感官,似乎窥见了某种荒凉 、 可怖的空虚.

辞典例句

The position of secretary is void.

秘书的职位现在空缺.

辞典例句

Almost every new law makes some old one null and void.

几乎每一新的法律实施都使得某一旧的法律无效.

期刊摘选

Where a will has been with affected parts of It'shall be void.

伪造的遗嘱无效.遗嘱被篡改的,篡改的内容无效.

期刊摘选

Or else it is void of content and meaningless.

否则就会是没有任何内容和无意义的.

期刊摘选

Life without hope is not life all, life without future is the most void.

没有希望的人生不算人生, 没有未来的人生最空虚.

期刊摘选

I left the chill and void, the screams and kids and ran for shelter.

想要逃离寒冷与空虚, 逃离尖叫与嘲讽,以寻求庇护.

期刊摘选

His death has left the void.

他的去世留下了这个空位.

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