void

英 [v??d] 美[v??d]

近義詞invalid

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復(fù)數(shù):?voids;第三人稱單數(shù):?voids;過(guò)去式:?voided;過(guò)去分詞:?voided;現(xiàn)在分詞:?voiding;

void 空白，空虛

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ)voide,空的，來(lái)自PIE*wa-,空出，遺棄，詞源同vain,vacuum。引申詞義空白，空虛。

void: void: see avoid
void (adj.): c. 1300, "unoccupied, vacant," from Anglo-French and Old French voide, viude "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste, uncultivated, fallow," as a noun, "opening, hole; loss," from Latin vocivos "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacuus "empty" (see vacuum (n.)). Meaning "lacking or wanting" (something) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "legally invalid, without legal efficacy" is attested from mid-15c.
void (n.): 1610s, "unfilled space, gap," from void (adj.). Meaning "absolute empty space, vacuum" is from 1727.
void (v.): "to clear" (some place, of something), c. 1300, from Anglo-French voider, Old French vuider "to empty, drain; to abandon, evacuate," from voide (see void (adj.)); meaning "to deprive (something) of legal validity" is attested from early 14c. Related: Voided; voiding.

1. He stared into the dark void where the battle had been fought.: 他凝望著那片漆黑的空曠之地，那次戰(zhàn)役就是在這里進(jìn)行的。

2. He is confident the backroom can step into the temporary void.: 他確信原先的幕后智囊能夠填補(bǔ)暫時(shí)的空缺。

3. A spokeswoman said the agreement had been declared null and void.: 女發(fā)言人稱該協(xié)議已宣布無(wú)效。

5. The treaty is now void of absolute commitments.: 條約現(xiàn)在失去了絕對(duì)的約束力。