casual adj. 1.偶然的;碰巧的。 2.臨時的,不定期的;即席的。 3.〔俚語〕荒唐的,漫不經心的。 4.隨便的,非正式的。 a casual visitor 不速之客。 a casual labourer [worker] 臨時工。 a casual revenue 臨時收入。 the casual poor (需要臨時救濟的)無業游民。 a casual remark 臨時想起的話,信口而出的話。 a casual air 滿不在乎的態度。 casual clothes 便服。 casual decisions 草率的決定。 a very casual sort of a man 非常不尊重別人的人。 n. 1.零工,散工(=casual labourer)。 2.〔英國〕〔pl.〕(無業)游民;不定期接受救濟金的人;衣著隨便而花哨的年輕人。 3.【軍事】暫編人員〔臨時編在某一單位等候調配的軍官士兵〕。 4.偶然來訪者。 n. -ness
Term of office of the chief executive elected to fill a casual vacancy 獲選填補中途出缺的行政長官職位的人的任期
Almost all of them are casual vacancies and are usually filled up shortly afterwards 這些空位幾乎全屬短期空位,在出現后短時間內會被盡用。
Any casual vacancy occurring in the executive committee may be filled up by the executive committee 理事會內部的任何臨時空缺將由理事會設法補缺。
If any casual vacancy occurs in the office of auditors , the directors may fill up the same , but while any such vacancy continues the surviving or continuing auditor or auditors , if any , may act 若審計員臨時空缺,董事會可填補空位,若審計員職位一直空缺,由在職審計員進行核算。
百科解釋
In politics, a casual vacancy (casual means accidental or unexpected) is a situation in which a seat in a deliberative assembly is vacated during that assembly's term. Casual vacancies arise through the death, resignation or disqualification of the sitting member.