vacant adj. 1.空無所有的,空虛的。 2.(房子等)空著的,沒人住的;(位置等)空缺的。 3.精神空虛的;茫然的,出神的,無精打采的;無意義的,無聊的;不感興趣的。 4.空閑的;無所事事的;沒職業的。 5.【法律】無人利用的;無主的;遺棄的;無繼承人的。 The house is still vacant. 這房子還空著。 a vacant lot 一塊空地。 a vacant possession 〔出租廣告用語〕空房。 a vacant succession 【法律】繼承人不明的遺產。 situation vacant columns (報紙的)召聘(廣告)欄。 a vacant look 發呆的樣子。 vacant frivolities 無聊的舉動。 vacant hours 暇時,閑暇時光。 adv. -ly 1. 發呆地,茫然;無所事事地。 2.〔美俚〕離開,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 對于其他一些人來說,懶散還有另一種表現形式,時光縱然白白流逝,而他們并沒有因為許多小時沒有做什么而感到無聊乏味。
" 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 讓我念給你聽吧:我哥哥昨天和我們告別的時候,還以為他這次上倫敦去,只要三四天就可以把事情辦好可是我們認為辦不到,同時我們相信,查爾斯一進了城,決不肯馬上就走,因此我們決計追蹤前去,免得他冷冷清清住在旅館里受罪。