- 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) - 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。
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a legal term, also in the sense ‘make ineffective’): from Latin vacat- ‘left empty’, from the verb vacare.