bereft

英 [bɪˈreft]

美 [bɪˈreft]

adj.  完全没有，丧失，失去(某物); 感到失落
v.  使丧失亲友
bereave的过去分词和过去式

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14655 / COCA.16140

牛津词典

adj.

• 完全没有，丧失，失去（某物）
  completely lacking sth; having lost sth
  1. bereft of ideas/hope
     无计可施；失去希望
• 感到失落
  sad and lonely because you have lost sth
  1. He was utterly bereft when his wife died.
     他的妻子去世时，他十分凄凉。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 失去…的；丧失…的
  If a person or thing isbereft ofsomething, they no longer have it.
  1. The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life.
     这个地方似乎根本没有人烟。

英英释义

adj

• sorrowful through loss or deprivation
  1. bereft of hope
  Synonym:bereavedgrief-strickengrievingmourning(a)sorrowing(a)
• unhappy in love
  Synonym:lovelornunbeloved

双语例句

• But if you've built your life around your children you'll be terribly bereft.
  但如果你一直围着孩子转，那么当他们离开时，你会感到失去亲人般的痛苦。
• When the explosion took place, he was bereft of his wits.
  爆炸发生时，他吓得魂不附体。
• The bereft girl keened her sorrow.
  那个失去亲人的姑娘哭出自己的悲痛之情。
• We want to return to our bereft, little world.
  我们想回归我们的被剥夺的小世界。
• Bereft of friends or hope; sad and forlorn.
  失去朋友或希望的，伤心而孤独的。
• You may have stories to explain why suddenly your life is bereft, but these are just stories.
  你们也许有一些故事要去说明为什么你们的生活突然被夺去了，但是那只是一些故事罢了。
• Bereft of his service, what then is the use in maintaining this troublesome body any longer?
  失去对他的服务，那维持这个令人烦恼的躯体还有什么用呢？
• It would leave Germany and France isolated and strategically bereft.
  这将让德国和法国变得孤立、并面临战略上的无助。
• His lonely daughter, bereft of her final hope and reliance, appealed to them both too strongly.
  他那孤苦伶仃的女儿太令两人难过，她已失去了最后的希望和依傍。
• Although St Lucia trades on its relatively unsophisticated image, it is not bereft of celebrity glamour.
  尽管圣卢西亚利用了其相对朴素的形象，但它并没有丧失其名人魅力。