vacate

vacate
[veɪˈkeɪt, vəˈkeɪt]
verb
[with obj.]
  1. leave (a place that one previously occupied)
    腾出，撤离（以前占用的地方）
    rooms must be vacated by noon on the last day of your holiday.
    假期最后一天你必须在中午前把房间腾出来。
    ■give up (a position or employment)
    离（职），辞（职）
    he vacated his office as Director.
    他从主任位置上退了下来。
  2. (Law)cancel or annul (a judgement, contract, or charge)
    (律)（判决、合同或指控等）撤消，使无效
vacatable
adjective
语源
  1. mid 17th cent. (as a legal term, also in the sense 'make ineffective'): from Latin vacat- 'left empty', from the verb vacare
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