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

• 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；
• 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。
• Unfortunately, a vacuous slogan is underpinned by ineffectual proposals.
  遗憾的是，这个空洞的口号只得到无效提议的支撑。
• While Enterprise Service Bus ( ESB) may seem like a vacuous marketing term designed only to get you to buy more software, the term actually has meaning for something useful.
  首先，让我们澄清这个模棱两可的概念&所谓的企业服务总线（ESB）。首先，它不是一个产品；其次，它不是一个虚幻的营销术语，不是专门用来诱导您购买更多软件的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Labour's election slogan, a future fair for all, was vacuous.
  全民公平的未来&英国工党的这句竞选口号非常空洞。
• 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。
• It's completely vacuous, it says absolutely nothing does it?
  它是完全空虚的，它完全没说什么？