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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 effects of irradiation dosage, irradiation temperature, different kinds of packing container, vacuous capacity of the container, technology of making wine and storage time on acceleration of yellow rice wine mellowness were studied by sensory evaluation and chemical composition analysis.
  以黄酒感官品评和化学成分为指标，研究~（60）Coγ射线辐照剂量、辐照温度、包装容器、容器的空隙度、酿造工艺、贮藏时间对黄酒加速陈化效果的影响。
• 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。