bereft

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a. 缺少的, 丧失的, 失去亲人的 bereave的过去式和过去分词

发音

US /bəˈɹɛft/
AU /bəˈɹɛft/

教材释义与例句

动词

失去…的（bereave的过去式）

形容词

丧失的；被剥夺的；失去亲人的

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    simple past and past participle of bereave

    bereft of strength

    bereft of gorm

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Pained by the loss of someone.

    I was utterly bereft in the months following my wife's death.

  2. 2.

    Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.

  3. 3.

    Lacking, devoid of.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

grieving bereaved grief-stricken lovelorn unbeloved

近义相关 2

sorrowful unloved

词源

From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved; compare leave and left.

来源：wiktionary