Vacate
[veɪ'keɪt;və'keɪt] or [və'ket]
解释:
(verb.) leave behind empty; move out of; 'You must vacate your office by tonight'.
(verb.) leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; 'She vacated the position when she got pregnant'; 'The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds'.
校对:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house.
(v. t.) To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.
(v. t.) To defeat; to put an end to.
整理:丽纳
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Make vacant, leave empty, quit possession of.[2]. Annul, disannul, nullify, rescind, cancel, quash, invalidate, abrogate, abolish, overrule, make void, set aside, do away.
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同义词及反义词:
SYN:Resign, surrender, annul, invalidate, abrogate, neutralize
ANT:Hold, retain, fill, occupy, substantiate
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例句:
- Paul; they are too hideous: but if you admire themallow me to vacate my seat and leave you to their contemplation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Adele and I had now to vacate the library: it would be in daily requisition as a reception-room for callers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- And as the other party withdrew, he and his band took the vacated seats. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- They all three hurried to the vacated public room, and passed by one of the windows into the wooden verandah overhanging the river. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- This done, they walked about, waiting for the Circus to be quite vacated; not only by the audience, but by the company and by the horses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- He obeyed, and took the tripod recently vacated by Lord Lancaster Stiltstalking. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Her early flame, Gurt, had quite vacated the field in favor of his handsome young rival, and now took a paternal interest in the match. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Mr Wegg, holding on by the opposite corner, sat down on the seat so lately vacated by Mr Boffin, and looked it over. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- If you would be so kind, said Eunice, vacating her seat at the piano, which action brought a frown to the face of her watchful mother. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- My aunt and I were at that time vacating the two cottages at Highgate; I intending to go abroad, and she to return to her house at Dover. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
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