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单词 power vacuum
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power vacuum
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈpaʊə ˌvæk.juːm/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ ˌvæk.juːm/
aconditionthatexistswhen someone haslostcontrolof something and no one hasreplacedthem:
权力真空
She wasquicktofillthepowervacuumthat wasleftby thesuddendeathof themanagingdirector.她很快就填补了总经理突然离世留下的权力真空。
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(Definition ofpower vacuumfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpower vacuum

power vacuum
Critics from both left and right charge that libertarianism would create an unstablepowervacuumand could not persist.
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Renamo fighters were operating to a degree in apowervacuum.
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In thepowervacuumwhich followed the collapse of royal government in 1775, new instabilities and opportunities arose which galvanised these protagonists in different ways.
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At this moment in time, there is a dangerouspowervacuum.
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There is a danger of creating apowervacuumin a strategically important part of the world.
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Only gradually did we realise thepowervacuumcreated by our flagrant neglect of the lesson of history.
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The result has been to produce throughout the whole area uncertainty, disorder and disunion—in other words, apowervacuum.
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He says we are creating apowervacuum.
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The attempt to do so risks crisis and chaos and the creation of apowervacuumwhich is promptly filled by a dictatorship.
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The appearance of apowervacuumin such a sensitive area is highly dangerous.
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I personally think that thepowervacuumhas been filled with a vengeance.
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At the same time we appreciate that it is impossible to contemplate leaving apowervacuum.
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I do not believe that we should be forgiven if we abandoned the area to terror and chaos by irresponsibly creating apowervacuum.
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I hope that this is apowervacuumwhich will not arise in our lifetime, although it might.
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I fear that there is a dangerouspowervacuumin that area.
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