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

• His eyes looked dull, almost vacuous.
  他看上去目光呆滞，茫然若失。
• Unlike religions, the great meme-complex of science includes methods for throwing out ideas that are vacuous, nonsensical or plain wrong.
  科学与宗教都是庞大的迷因复合体，但是科学与宗教不同，它有抛弃空洞、合理或错误点子的方法。
• 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。
• 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。
• The English Patient was absolutely faithful to a morally vacuous book that almost worships adultery, suicide, and mercy-killing but reviewers commented on the chemistry between the lovers in the film.
  《英国病人》非常忠于道德空虚的原著，那本书里一味地崇尚不伦，自杀以及安乐死，但是影评人却称片中的情侣关系融洽。
• Vacuous slogans are today found as often on the walls of public sector offices as in the business sector.
  如今，公共部门办公室墙上的空洞口号往往不比私人部门的少。
• Here are half a dozen things Europeans could do to show that our multilateralism is more than a vacuous slogan.
  欧洲人可以做六件事，以显示我们的多边主义不只是一句空洞无物的口号。
• 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。
• Lung AE ( 3 cases) appeared as irregular, peripherally scattered nodules, with small vacuous or cavities inside.
  肺泡状棘球蚴病3例，表现为以肺野外带居多，内部有“小空泡征”或“偏心空洞”的结节灶；
• 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。