emptiness

英 [ˈemptinəs]

美 [ˈemptinəs]

n.  空虚; 空无; 空旷; 空地

复数：emptinesses　

Collins.1 / BNC.11876 / COCA.9389

牛津词典

noun

• 空虚
  a feeling of being sad because nothing seems to have any value
  1. There was an aching emptiness in her heart.
     她的内心有一种隐隐作痛的空虚感。
• 空无；空旷
  the fact that there is nothing or nobody in a place
  1. The silence and emptiness of the house did not scare her.
     房子的空寂并未使她感到害怕。
• 空地
  a place that is empty
  1. He stared out at the vast emptiness that was the sea.
     他放眼向辽阔无际的海洋望去。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 空虚
  A feeling ofemptinessis an unhappy or frightening feeling that nothing is worthwhile, especially when you are very tired or have just experienced something upsetting.
  1. The result later in life may be feelings of emptiness and depression.
     之后对生活产生的影响可能会是空虚感和沮丧感。
• N-UNCOUNT 空寂;空旷
  Theemptinessof a place is the fact that there is nothing in it.
  1. ...the emptiness of the desert.
     沙漠的空旷
• N-SING 空旷之处；空地
  Anemptinessis a very large area of land, sea, or space that has nothing in it.
  1. I drove for a while across this fearsome emptiness.
     我开车开了好一阵穿过这片可怕的空旷之地。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being valueless or futile
  1. he rejected the vanities of the world
  Synonym:vanity
• an empty area or space
  1. the huge desert voids
  2. the emptiness of outer space
  3. without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
  Synonym:voidvacancyvacuum
• having an empty stomach
• the state of containing nothing

双语例句

• Fear arises out of this inner insufficiency, poverty and emptiness.
  恐惧来源于这种内在的不足，贫乏和空虚。
• I drove for a while across this fearsome emptiness.
  我开车开了好一阵穿过这片可怕的空旷之地。
• I felt a mix of emotions such as depression, loss, and emptiness.
  我百感交集，心中充满沮丧、失落和空虚感。
• Without you, life just an ever ending emptiness.
  没有你，生命只是一个空虚的结局！
• The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
  巨大的空虚感汹涌袭来。
• There's an emptiness, a distance from life that I can't seem to fix.
  我生活中的空虚和与生活间的距离看起来很难修复。
• This explains that all things have no self nature but emptiness, and all events have its inevitable cause.
  这解释所有东西没有自性，除了空性；并且所有事件有它不可必免的缘起。
• The result later in life may be feelings of emptiness and depression.
  之后对生活产生的影响可能会是空虚感和沮丧感。
• We often cast our hopes and dreams aside, and then experience feelings of disillusionment or emptiness.
  我们往往会把希望和梦想撇在一旁，然后，去体验理想破灭或空虚。
• And I think it's because spiritual emptiness is a universal disease.
  我认为这是因为精神上的空虚，这是整个地球的通病。