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| 1 | C an enclosed space that has had all the air and any other gases removed from it 真空 |
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| 2 | singular a feeling that something is missing , or a situation in which something is missing 空虚感；真空般的状态 |
| political/power vacuum the political vacuum left by his unexpected death 他的意外死亡留下的政治真空 |
| create a vacuum The collapse of the dictatorship created a vacuum in which criminal gangs flourished. 那个独裁政府的垮台形成了一个犯罪团伙十分猖獗的真空。 |
| fill a vacuum (=replace something) They need something to fill the vacuum of their mind. 填补空白 |
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| 3 | C a vacuum cleaner |
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| - | in a vacuum
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| existing separately or considered separately from other people , events, or ideas, and not influenced by them |
| 似在真空中；与世隔绝 |
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| Learning cannot occur in a vacuum. 学习不能脱离实际。 |
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