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

• Guo's fans say he's the voice of a new material-minded generation, but many critics have savaged Tiny Times as a vacuous homage to consumerism that sets a bad example for Chinese youth.
  郭敬明的粉丝称他代表了专注于物质的新生代，但许多评论家却攻击说《小时代》是对消费至上主义的空虚崇拜，为中国的年轻人树立了负面榜样。
• However, he was ill soon after he was retired because he didn't know what he should do and he was very vacuous, worried everyday.
  然而，他退休后不久就病了，因为他每天不知道该做什么，而且感觉很空虚、焦虑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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；
• 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。
• 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。