vacuous

英 [ˈvækjuəs]

美 [ˈvækjuəs]

adj.  空洞的; 空洞无物的

GRE

BNC.20895 / COCA.25788

牛津词典

adj.

• 空洞的；空洞无物的
  showing no sign of intelligence or sensitive feelings
  1. a vacuous expression
     茫然的表情

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 思想贫乏的;空洞的;无知的
  If you describe a person or their comments asvacuous, you are critical of them because they lack intelligent thought or ideas.
  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. ...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

英英释义

adj

• void of expression
  1. a blank stare
  Synonym:blank
• devoid of matter
  1. a vacuous space
• devoid of significance or point
  1. empty promises
  2. a hollow victory
  3. vacuous comments
  Synonym:emptyhollow
• devoid of intelligence
  Synonym:asininefatuousinanemindless

双语例句

• This does not render the notion ofinformal logic vacuous, because no formal logic captures all of thenuance of natural language.
  这并不使这一概念的非形式逻辑空虚，因为没有正式的逻辑捕捉所有在细微的自然语言。
• 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。
• Human being lost the will and motive to transcendence. So, the life becomes chaos, out-of-order, perplexed, vacuous and hopeless.
  人失去了超越的意向与动力，生活陷入混乱、无序、空虚、迷惘甚至绝望之中。
• 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。
• It's completely vacuous, it says absolutely nothing does it?
  它是完全空虚的，它完全没说什么？
• Rarely can such a vacuous concept have found its way into a debate claming to provide enlightenment.
  这样一个空洞的概念很难设法进入声称要提供启示的争论之中。
• When you feel vacuous and unhappy, you can do some labour, such as cleaning the house, tables and windows.
  感到空虚不快乐的时候你可以劳动一下，比如打扫房子，抹抹桌子，窗子啥的；
• When life is monotonous, even grief is a welcome event, even a fire is diversion. A wart is adornment to a vacuous face.
  当生活非常单调乏味的时候，就算是痉的事也是很受欢迎的，而火灾更是一种娱乐；在那茫然苦失的脸上，伤疤也成了装饰品。
• The narrow, swinelike eyes were open, no more vacuous in death than they had been in life ( Nicholas Proffitt)
  这狭长的猪似的眼睛睁着，与其说他们仍活着不如说是死去般的空洞无物（尼古拉斯普罗菲特）
• The meeting as a whole could not bring itself to endorse this vacuous proclamation. It took note of it.
  大会作为一个整体，实在做不到对这个空洞的宣言表示支持，而只能表示注意到了这个宣言。