1、 There is a vacant seat in the classroom; you can sit there.
教室里有一个空座位,你可以坐在那里。(vacant为形容词,意为“空的、空闲的”,修饰座位、房间等,易与empty混淆,vacant侧重“未被占用”,empty侧重“无内容”)
来源:【中考难度例句】秒词邦编辑整理
2、 In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars, leaving behind a vacant haze that mirrors our fear of the dark.
在大多数城市,天空看起来好像没有星星,只留下一层空荡的薄雾,反映出我们对黑暗的恐惧。
来源:2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文