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A vacant job is one that no one is doing and is therefore available for someone new to do: （工作职位）空缺的
The position fell(= became) vacant when Rodman was promoted.罗德曼提升之后这个职位就空缺了。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Empty
bare
barrenly
barrenness
blank
clear view
cleared
dead
emptily
emptiness
empty
flat
forlorn
hollow
lifeless
low-traffic
unfurnished
uninhabited
unobstructed
unoccupied
untenanted

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Available and accessible

vacantadjective (NOT RESPONDING)

showing no interest or mental activity: 无聊的;茫然的;没精打采的
She had a vacant look/expression on her face.她一脸的茫然。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lacking interest and enthusiasm
apathetic
apathy
aridity
blah
blankly
half-hearted
half-heartedly
hell
incurious
nonchalance
nonchalant
nonchalantly
nonconcern
passionless
unimpressed
unmotivated
unromantically
unserious
unseriousness
your heart isn't in itidiom

vacant | American Dictionary

vacant
adjective
us/ˈveɪ·kənt/

vacantadjective (EMPTY)

[ not gradable ]
(of a place) not being lived in or used, or (of a job or office) available for someone to do:
We have three vacant apartments in our building.

vacantadjective (NOT AWARE)

not showing much awareness or interest in the world around you:
There was a sad, vacant look in his eyes.

vacant | Business English

vacant
adjective
uk /ˈveɪkənt/us
HR, WORKPLACE
if a job is vacant, someone needs to be employed to do it:
The position had been vacant for more than a year.
become/be left/fall vacantNeither post looks likely to fall vacant within the next few months.
a vacant job/position/post
 situations vacant
HR
the name of the part of a newspaper, website, etc. where jobs are advertised:
He replied to an advert in the situations vacant column of the local paper.
PROPERTY
empty and available to be used, rented, or bought:
Property developers have been left with many vacant apartments since the downturn in the housing market.
be/become/remain vacant
vacant
noun[ C ]
USuk /ˈveɪkənt/us
PROPERTY
a building that is empty and available to buy or rent:
Baltimore has announced plans for reducing the number of vacants in the city.

Examples of vacant

vacant
By the middle of the nineteenth century, houses had been built in all the vacant space within the inner city.
Here the incomers could imagine that they were occupying vacant land.
The raising of sheep could bring some profit, while leaving land vacant could bring none.
In general, vacant positions are advertised on the intranet describing the grade/profile expected.
Centuries of tradition dictated that a new monarch would assume the vacant throne, just as centuries of tradition would dictate the limits of his rule.
In the wake of the plague, there was large-scale population resettlement, where inhabitants of the more unproductive areas left for the better, 'vacant' areas.
Many intelligent lighting systems are also occupancy-based whereby the lights switch on when a working area is occupied and off when vacant.
Mortgages became difficult to obtain, house prices stopped rising, commercial properties remained vacant and the economic squeeze began to hurt the profession.
Planners have had difficulty convincing residents to accept them as homes, and many newer apartments remain vacant.
Jurisdiction for the monks by the thirteenth century meant exercising the normal rights of the archbishop when the see was vacant.
When headmen's posts became vacant, many were sold by the chief headmen to the highest bidder.
With the throne vacant, they were simply taking back sovereignty.
They show unresolved spectral features with the corresponding transitions of the next charge state 1s-vacant ion.
There are those vacants positions with no one to fill them.
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