vacate
verb /vəˈkeɪt/, /veɪˈkeɪt/
/ˈveɪkeɪt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they vacate | /vəˈkeɪt/, /veɪˈkeɪt/ /ˈveɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it vacates | /vəˈkeɪts/, /veɪˈkeɪts/ /ˈveɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple vacated | /vəˈkeɪtɪd/, /veɪˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈveɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle vacated | /vəˈkeɪtɪd/, /veɪˈkeɪtɪd/ /ˈveɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form vacating | /vəˈkeɪtɪŋ/, /veɪˈkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈveɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- vacate something to leave a building, seat, etc., especially so that somebody else can use it
搬出，腾出，空出（建筑物、座位等） - Guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon on the day of departure.
房客务请在离开之日的中午以前腾出房间。 - He sat down in the seat Steve had just vacated.
他坐在史蒂夫刚刚空出的座位上。
- Guests are requested to vacate their rooms by noon on the day of departure.
- vacate something to leave a job, position of authority, etc. so that it is available for somebody else
辞（职）；让（位） - She has taken over the role vacated by her boss.
她接任了她老板腾出来的职位。
- She has taken over the role vacated by her boss.
词源mid 17th cent. (as a legal term, also in the sense ‘make ineffective’): from Latin vacat- ‘left empty’, from the verb vacare.