nature abhors a vacuum

短语

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Generating and maintaining a near-vacuum is challenging (requiring technical rigor) because ambient pressure tends to push matter forcefully into the evacuated chamber; and generating a true vacuum (devoid of any matter at all) is extremely challenging.

    习语 工程

    The development of practical electric light bulbs was challenging not least because nature abhors a vacuum: removing all air from the bulbs was not as easy as it at first seemed.

  2. 2.

    Generating a vacuum is impossible (a vacuum can never exist) owing to the inherent nature of the universe.

    习语

    The ancients believed that nature abhors a vacuum.

  3. 3.

    A power vacuum will usually be filled quickly.

    政治