vacate

英 [və'keɪt] 美 [və'keɪt]

• v. 空出；让出

英英释义

Verb:

1. 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"
   

2. leave behind empty; move out of;

   "You must vacate your office by tonight"
   

3. cancel officially;

   "He revoked the ban on smoking"
   "lift an embargo"
   "vacate a death sentence"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. You might envision passengers standing and waiting for others to vacate a seat so that they may limber up.
   你能想象到乘客们站立着等待其他人空出座位，那么他们就能放松下了。

经典引文

• A bill vacating all grants of Crown property.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

近反义词

【近义词】

• quit 停止
• evacuate 疏散
• leave 委托
• give up 放弃
• empty 空的
• relinquish 放弃
• check out 退房结帐
• depart 离开
• clear out 清除
• free 自由的
• divest 剥除
• eject 喷射
• remove 消除
• resign 辞职
• withdraw 撤回
• retire 退休
• abdicate 正式放弃
• renounce 声明放弃
• abandon 放弃
• reverse 逆转
• rescind 废除
• repeal 废止
• lift 举起
• countermand 取消
• revoke 撤回，取消，废除...
• overturn 翻倒
• annul 废除