diff --git a/fastNLP/core/vocabulary.py b/fastNLP/core/vocabulary.py
index 3a6ab650..5d4f4725 100644
--- a/fastNLP/core/vocabulary.py
+++ b/fastNLP/core/vocabulary.py
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@ def from_dataset(self, *datasets, field_name:Union[str,List[str]], no_create_ent
         def construct_vocab(ins, no_create_entry=False):
             for fn in field_name:
                 field = ins[fn]
+                 # 如果 field 为空或者 None， 那么直接跳过即可。
+                if field is None or (hasattr(field, "__len__") and len(field) == 0):
+                    logger.warning(f"instance: {ins} has null field. Skip now!") 
+                    continue
                 if isinstance(field, str) or not _is_iterable(field):
                     self.add_word(field, no_create_entry=no_create_entry)
                 else:
diff --git a/tests/core/test_vocabulary.py b/tests/core/test_vocabulary.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7787840a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/core/test_vocabulary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import pytest
+from collections import Counter
+
+from fastNLP.core.dataset import DataSet
+from fastNLP.core.vocabulary import Vocabulary
+from fastNLP import logger
+
+
+class TestVocabulary:
+
+    def test_from_dataset(self):
+        ds = DataSet({"x": [[1, 2], [3, 4]], "y": ["apple", ""]})
+        vocab = Vocabulary()
+        vocab.from_dataset(ds, field_name="y")
+        assert vocab.word_count == Counter({'apple': 1})
+    
+    def test_from_dataset1(self):
+        ds = DataSet({"x": [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5]], "y": [1, None, 2]})
+        vocab = Vocabulary()
+        vocab.from_dataset(ds, field_name="y")
+        assert vocab.word_count == Counter({1: 1, 2: 1})