词汇精选：vacant的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

adj.

空的，空白的

例句：

This area of shadows is Asia, and that area is Africa, while the vacant space in the middle is the ocean.

这一堆影子是亚洲，那一堆影子是非洲，中间空白的地方是大海。

例句：

Now his health was poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and his old age short of comforts.

现在，他健康欠佳，精神空虚，心情忧郁，缺少晚年应有的舒适和安逸。

空着的，未占用的，未使用的

例句：

There are some vacant offices on the third floor.

四楼有几间空着的办公室。

例句：

Neighbors told police they hadn't seen her in years and assumed the house was vacant.

邻居告诉警方说他们已经有很久没有见到过老人，并确定老人的屋子一直是空着的。

（职位等）空缺的

例句：

Is there any position vacant in your firm ?

贵商行有职位空缺吗？

例句：

The professorship of zoology is vacant and has been advertised.

动物学教授的职位空缺，已登广告徵聘。

空闲的，清闲的

例句：

Sometimes Mr. Seymour didn't know what to do with his vacant time.

有时候，西摩先生不知道怎么打发他的空闲时间。

例句：

That will leave plenty of hours vacant.

那样的话就有许多空闲时间了。

精神空虚的，茫然的，无聊的

例句：

Peter talks and laughs away his vacant hours.

彼特以谈笑来消磨无聊的时光。

例句：

The wide grey eyes, almost vacant yet so moving, held him beyond himself.

她那双大眼睛茫然而动人，他不由自主地被吸引住了。

【法】（土地等）无人使用的，无主的，（遗产等）无继承人的

例句：

We have a lot of bother finding a vacant apartment.

在纽约市内很难找到空着无人住的公寓。

二、词义辨析：

empty,vacant,hollow,blank,open

这些形容词都有“空的”之意。empty指空无一人或一物，或空洞无意义的。vacant普通用词，侧重某物或某个位置没有被占用。hollow指物体中间是空的。blank指上面没有写字、印刷或做记号的空白表面，或指上面留着准备被填写的空白处。open指未被占有，从而可被别人得到的。

三、参考例句：

Is the lavatory vacant?

厕所里没人吧？

I gazed into the immense vacant space.

我凝视着无边的天空。

Only a few apartments were still vacant.

He was appointed to the vacant post.

他被委派填补那空缺。

The seat next to her was vacant.

她旁边的座位空着。

The seat next to him was vacant.

他旁边的座位空着。

He was appointed to the vacant post.

他被委派填补那空缺.

Another way to say vacant or clueless.

另一种表示茫然或无头绪的方式。

The position of chairman has been vacant for some time.

主席的职位已经空缺一段时间了。

There were many vacant seats in the theatre.

剧院里有许多空座位。