vacuous
英 ['v?kj??s]
美['v?kju?s]
- adj. 空的；空虛的；空洞的；無意義的
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的那樣愚蠢。
來自辭典例句
- 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 - 僅僅剩下一個空虛的軀殼.
來自辭典例句
- 3. We would be satisfied with any draft document, however vacuous.
- 我們對任何草案都會感到滿意, 即使草案的內容非常空洞也無所謂.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Both are equally remote and vacuous.
- 二者都同樣是遙遠和空虛的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. His eyes looked dull, almost vacuous.
- 他看上去目光呆滯, 茫然若失.
來自辭典例句