单词 | vacate |
释义 | vacateWord family nounvacancevacancyvacantnessvacationvacationervacaturvacant possessionadverbvacantlyverbvacateadjectivevacationlessvacant va·cate /vəˈkeɪt, veɪ- $ ˈveɪkeɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1 LEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONto leave a job or position so that it is available for someone else to do 辞〔职〕,腾出〔职位〕 Clay will vacate the position on June 19. 克莱将于6月19日离职。 2 LEAVE A PLACEto leave a seat, room etc so that someone else can use it 空出,搬出 Guests must vacate their rooms by 11:00. 房客必须于11点前腾出房间。 Examples from the Corpus vacate• But Frank was sitting in the chair I had vacated.• No fool, Celia remembered thinking, as she drove them both back to the home she was soon to vacate.• The sappers crept a little closer, past the vacated ambush site.• There was a smell of coffee in the air and a feeling that every room had only just been vacated by somebody.• If not re-appointed at such annual general meeting he shall vacate office at the conclusion thereof.• Renters have refused to vacate the building.• The newly inserted clause in the lease required a tenant to vacate the premises on 90 days notice.• Guests are requested to vacate their rooms before 12 o'clock on the day of departure. From Longman Business Dictionary vacateva·cate /vəˈkeɪt, veɪ-ˈveɪkeɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1HUMAN RESOURCES to leave a job, position etc Mr Jones was elected to fill the board seat vacated by Mr Carlisle 2American EnglishAmELAW to officially cancel a decision made by a court of law The court vacated the compensation award and sent it for new hearings. (1600-1700) Latin past participle of vacare; → VACANT |
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