vacant adj. 1.空无所有的,空虚的。 2.(房子等)空着的,没人住的;(位置等)空缺的。 3.精神空虚的;茫然的,出神的,无精打采的;无意义的,无聊的;不感兴趣的。 4.空闲的;无所事事的;没职业的。 5.【法律】无人利用的;无主的;遗弃的;无继承人的。 The house is still vacant. 这房子还空着。 a vacant lot 一块空地。 a vacant possession 〔出租广告用语〕空房。 a vacant succession 【法律】继承人不明的遗产。 situation vacant columns (报纸的)召聘(广告)栏。 a vacant look 发呆的样子。 vacant frivolities 无聊的举动。 vacant hours 暇时,闲暇时光。 adv. -ly 1. 发呆地,茫然;无所事事地。 2.〔美俚〕离开,走掉。
There are others to whom idleness dictates another expedient , by which life may be passed unprofitably away without the tediousness of many vacant hours 对于其他一些人来说,懒散还有另一种表现形式,时光纵然白白流逝,而他们并没有因为许多小时没有做什么而感到无聊乏味。
" when my brother left us yesterday , he imagined that the business which took him to london , might be concluded in three or four days , but as we are certain it cannot be so , and at the same time convinced that when charles gets to town he will be in no hurry to leave it again , we have determined on following him thither , that he may not be obliged to spend his vacant hours in a comfortless hotel 让我念给你听吧:我哥哥昨天和我们告别的时候,还以为他这次上伦敦去,只要三四天就可以把事情办好可是我们认为办不到,同时我们相信,查尔斯一进了城,决不肯马上就走,因此我们决计追踪前去,免得他冷冷清清住在旅馆里受罪。