vacuity

英 [vəˈkjuːəti]

美 [vəˈkjuːəti]

n.  空虚; 茫然; 缺乏思考

BNC.40554 / COCA.38787

牛津词典

noun

• 空虚；茫然；缺乏思考
  lack of serious thought or purpose

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (思想的)贫乏,空洞,空虚
  If you refer to thevacuityof something or someone, you are critical of them because they lack intelligent thought or ideas.
  1. His vacuity was a handicap in these debates.
     在这些辩论中，思想贫乏是他的一个弱点。
  2. ...a campaign notable for its intellectual vacuity and personal nastiness.
     以思想空洞和人身攻击闻名的竞选活动

英英释义

noun

• total lack of meaning or ideas
  Synonym:inanitysenselessnessmindlessnesspointlessness
• a region that is devoid of matter
  Synonym:vacuum
• the absence of matter
  Synonym:vacuum

双语例句

• Bertha thought it disconcerted him by rendering evident even to himself the vacuity of his mind.
  伯莎认为这对他不利，这种情况甚至清楚地向他自己证明了他心灵的空虚。
• Leisure is enjoyable, while vacuity is suffering.
  闲暇是享受的，而空虚是痛苦的。
• The Left and Right Restoring Beverage and Pill ( Zuo You Gui Yin or Wan) were created for diseases owing to vacuity and injury detriment of yuan-yin and yuan-yang.
  若病在元阴、元阳虚损时，处方有左右归饮、左右归丸之分；
• Clinical Study of Using TCM Therapy Expelling Damp-heat by Boosting Qi and Nourishing Yin to Treat Chronic Glomerulonephritis of Dual Vacuity of Qi and Yin The Clinical Research on the Children with Primary Nephrotic Syndrome with the Shu Feng Qing Re Jie Du Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  益气养阴清热利湿法治疗慢性肾小球肾炎（气阴两虚证）的临床观察疏风清热利湿方对小儿原发性肾病综合征的疗效及IgE的影响
• The Clinical Observation of Treating Functional Dyspepsia of Liver Depression and Spleen Vacuity Syndromes by Coursing the Liver and Fortifying the Spleen and Harmonizing the Stomach
  调肝理脾方抑制酒精性肝纤维化的实验研究疏肝健脾和胃法治疗肝郁脾虚型功能性消化不良的临床观察
• His vacuity was a handicap in these debates.
  在这些辩论中，思想贫乏是他的一个弱点。
• Mr Romney's chief problem as a candidate has been his substantive vacuity, his failure to stand for much beyond flexibility itself.
  作为总统候选人，罗姆尼的主要问题在于其主张极其空洞，除了见机行事本身之外未能真正主张什么。
• People with no belief, when his hands holding prosperous, mood will become vacuity.
  没有信仰的人，当他手中握住繁华，心情就会变得荒芜。
• So we are looking at fallacies of vacuity we've looked at fallacies of relevance now we are looking at fallacies of vacuity.
  我们来看看空虚谬论，我们现在已经看过了相关性谬论，我们来看看空白性谬论。
• The novel gives a full display of the prevalent mental predicament of the "Freeters" of the modern society, namely, their pervasive loneliness and vacuity after losing ideals.
  作品反映出日本现代“飞特族”（自由职业者）身上显现出的较普遍存在的心理问题，即丧失了崇高理想后精神上的隐形疾病-“孤独”与“虚无”。