vacuous

释义

• adj. 空的；空虚的；空洞的；无意义的

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.

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.