•The child vanished while on her way home from school.那个小女孩在放学回家的路上不见了。

•We rushed out of the shop in hot pursuit, but the thief had vanished into thin air (= had completely disappeared).我们冲出商店，拼命追赶，但小偷已经消失得无影无踪。

•Cheap rural housing is vanishing in the south of the country.廉价的乡间住房在该国南部行将绝迹。