vacuous是什么意思

vacuous

英 ['vækjʊəs] 美 ['vækjuəs]

adj. 空的；空虚的；空洞的；无意义的

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。

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.

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.

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

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

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