[ADJ 形容词]未使用的;未被占用的;空的 If something is vacant, it is not being used by anyone.
[usu ADJ n]
Half way down the coach was a vacant seat...
车厢中部有一个空座。
In every major city there are more vacant buildings than there are homeless people.
各大城市里空置的楼房都比无家可归的人多。
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[ADJ 形容词](工作或职位)空缺的 If a job or position is vacant, no one is doing it or in it at present, and people can apply for it.
A number of senior people were regarded as likely to occupy the now vacant post...
几位资深人士被认为有望填补现在空缺的职位。
The post of chairman has been vacant for some time.
主席之位已经空缺一段时间了。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](神情)茫然的;失神的 A vacant look or expression is one that suggests that someone does not understand something or that they are not thinking about anything in particular.
She had a kind of vacant look on her face.
她脸上有种茫然的神情。
vacantly
He looked vacantly out of the window.
他失神地望着窗外。
...African children, vacantly staring into a bleak world.
神情茫然地凝望着这个凄凉世界的非洲儿童
Oxford
va·cant/ˈveɪkənt; NAmEˈveɪkənt/adjective1(of a seat, hotel room, house, etc. 座位、旅馆房间、房屋等)empty; not being used 空着的;未被占用的SYN
unoccupied
◆vacant properties未被占用的房地产◆The seat next to him was vacant.他旁边的座位空着。◆( especially NAmE) a vacant lot(= a piece of land in a city that is not being used)一块闲置的地皮☞compare
engaged
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occupied
(1 )2( formal) if a job in a company is vacant,nobody is doing it and it is available for sb to take (职位)空缺的◆When the post finally fell (= became)vacant, they offered it to Fiona. 这个职位最终空出来之后,他们给了菲奥纳。◆( BrE) Situations Vacant(= a section in a newspaper where jobs are advertised)招聘广告栏目3(of a look, an expression, etc. 目光、表情等)showing no sign that the person is thinking of anything 无神的;呆滞的;茫然的;若有所失的◆a vacant look呆滞的目光▶va·cant·ly/ˈveɪkəntli; NAmEˈveɪkəntli/adverb◆to stare vacantly茫然瞪视va·cant/ˈveɪkənt; NAmEˈveɪkənt/va·cant·ly/ˈveɪkəntli; NAmEˈveɪkəntli/
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vacantva‧cant /ˈveɪkənt/ ●●○ adjective
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1a vacant seat, building, room, or piece of land is empty and available for someone to use: Only a few apartments were still vacant. There was only a vacant lot (=empty unused area of land in a city) where her house used to be.► see thesaurus at
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RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say that a seat or room is free rather than vacant:· Is this seat free?2 formal a job or position in an organization that is vacant is available for someone to start doingfall vacant British English (=become vacant) He was offered the position of headmaster when it fell vacant.situations vacant British English (=the part of a newspaper where jobs are advertised)3vacant expression/look/stare etc written an expression that shows that someone does not seem to be thinking about anything: He gazed at me with vacant eyes.—vacantly adverb: Cindy was staring vacantly into space.
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