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单词 vacant
释义
vacant
adjective
uk
/ˈveɪ.kənt/us
/ˈveɪ.kənt/

vacantadjective(EMPTY)

B2
notfilledoroccupied;availableto be used:
空的；未被占用的
Thehospitalhas no vacantbeds.这家医院没有空床位。
Compare
engaged(IN USE)
B2
A vacantjobis one that no one is doing and isthereforeavailablefor someone new to do:
（工作职位）空缺的
Thepositionfell(=became)vacant when Rodman waspromoted.罗德曼提升之后这个职位就空缺了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Empty
  • bare
  • barrenness
  • blank
  • clear
  • cleared
  • dead
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • emptiness
  • empty
  • flat
  • forlorn
  • hollow
  • low-traffic
  • nothingness
  • unfurnished
  • uninhabited
  • unobstructed
  • unoccupied
  • vacuum
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Available and accessible

vacantadjective(NOT RESPONDING)

showingnointerestormentalactivity:
无聊的；茫然的；没精打采的
She had a vacantlook/expressionon herface.她一脸的茫然。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lacking interest and enthusiasm
  • anaemic
  • apathetic
  • apathy
  • aridity
  • blah
  • blankly
  • flatly
  • half-hearted
  • half-heartedly
  • hell
  • nonchalance
  • nonchalant
  • nonchalantly
  • nonconcern
  • passionless
  • unmotivated
  • vacantly
  • world-weariness
  • world-weary
  • yourheart isn't in itidiom
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(Definition ofvacantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

vacant| American Dictionary

vacant
adjective
us
/ˈveɪ·kənt/

vacantadjective(EMPTY)

[not gradable]
(of aplace) not beinglivedin or used, or (of ajoboroffice)availablefor someone to do:
We have three vacantapartmentsinourbuilding.

vacantadjective(NOT AWARE)

notshowingmuchawarenessorinterestin theworldaround you:
There was asad, vacantlookin hiseyes.
(Definition ofvacantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

vacant| Business English

vacant
adjective
uk
/ˈveɪkənt/us
HR,WORKPLACE
if ajobis vacant, someoneneedsto beemployedto do it:
Thepositionhad been vacant for more than ayear.
become/be left/fall vacantNeitherpostlookslikelytofallvacant within the next fewmonths.
avacantjob/position/post
situations vacant
HR
thenameof thepartof anewspaper,website, etc. wherejobsareadvertised:
Herepliedto anadvertin thesituationsvacantcolumnof thelocalpaper.
PROPERTY
emptyandavailableto be used,rented, orbought:
Propertydevelopershave beenleftwith manyvacantapartmentssince thedownturnin thehousingmarket.
be/become/remainvacant
vacant
noun[C]
US
uk
/ˈveɪkənt/us
PROPERTY
abuildingthat isemptyandavailabletobuyorrent:
Baltimore hasannouncedplansforreducingthenumberof vacants in thecity.
(Definition ofvacantfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvacant

vacant
By the middle of the nineteenth century, houses had been built in all thevacantspace within the inner city.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Here the incomers could imagine that they were occupyingvacantland.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The raising of sheep could bring some profit, while leaving landvacantcould bring none.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In general,vacantpositions are advertised on the intranet describing the grade/profile expected.
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Centuries of tradition dictated that a new monarch would assume thevacantthrone, just as centuries of tradition would dictate the limits of his rule.
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In the wake of the plague, there was large-scale population resettlement, where inhabitants of the more unproductive areas left for the better, 'vacant' areas.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Many intelligent lighting systems are also occupancy-based whereby the lights switch on when a working area is occupied and off whenvacant.
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Mortgages became difficult to obtain, house prices stopped rising, commercial properties remainedvacantand the economic squeeze began to hurt the profession.
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Planners have had difficulty convincing residents to accept them as homes, and many newer apartments remainvacant.
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Jurisdiction for the monks by the thirteenth century meant exercising the normal rights of the archbishop when the see wasvacant.
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When headmen's posts becamevacant, many were sold by the chief headmen to the highest bidder.
From theCambridge English Corpus
With the thronevacant, they were simply taking back sovereignty.
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They show unresolved spectral features with the corresponding transitions of the next charge state 1s-vacantion.
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There are those vacants positions with no one to fill them.
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There are q core states per ion, and each of those states can be occupied orvacant.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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