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vacancy

/vey-kuhn-see/US // ˈveɪ kən si //UK // (ˈveɪkənsɪ) //

空缺,职位空缺,空额,空置

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural va·can·cies.

    • : the state of being vacant; emptiness.
    • : a vacant, empty, or unoccupied place, as untenanted lodgings or offices: This building still has no vacancies.
    • : a gap; opening; breach.
    • : an unoccupied position or office: a vacancy on the Supreme Court.
    • : lack of thought or intelligence; vacuity: a look of utter vacancy.
    • : Crystallography. an imperfection resulting from an unoccupied lattice position.Compare interstitial.
    • : Archaic. absence of activity; idleness.

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Examples

  • As such, the vacancy caused by Ginsburg’s passing “raises uncertainty across the health care sector,” Fitch analysts say.

  • Most Americans disagreed with the Republican position, which was that the vacancy should be filled by the winner of the 2016 election.

  • Partisan rancor only continues to rise in the country, with a vacancy on the Supreme Court the latest flashpoint after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

  • Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president.

  • In this emergency installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death and how the political fight over the court’s new vacancy might unfold.

  • The Singh departure creates one more vacancy at an already depleted Asia shop inside the Pentagon.

  • Not that a vacancy or appointments elsewhere in Washington may matter.

  • And if you want to see it get even worse, just wait until the president selects someone to fill the next Supreme Court vacancy.

  • But since the vacancy at the spy agency opened up, there are indications he may have had a change of heart.

  • The Casual Vacancy may be a disappointment, but it is a natural one.

  • His mind had suspended its operations, whilst his physical eye stared upon vacancy.

  • If he fails to qualify or a vacancy occurs, the creditors have an opportunity to make another appointment.

  • He said there was a vacancy on the Kingstown Board; and, supposing the seat was offered to me, would I be free to accept it?

  • Alarm grew in Garnache's mind, but his face maintained its foolish vacancy, its inane smile.

  • The vacancy thus suddenly opened in my life unmanned me like a physical void.