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

• The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life.
  这个地方似乎根本没有人烟。
• 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。
• Bereft of leverage, it can be pushed back to its bottom line by a clever opponent.
  手上丧失了筹码以后，就会被明智的对手逼至底线。
• After the fire swallowed his cottage, the old man could not but feel utterly bereft.
  在一场大火吞噬了他的草屋之后，老人唯一的感觉就是他已经一无所有了。
• The singer's family said they'd been left "bereft" by her death and asked for privacy.
  这位歌手的家人表示，他们已经失去亲人，希望能够保存隐私。
• The lost hikers were bereft of hope when the rescue plane did not see them.
  当救援的飞机么有看到她们时，那些迷路的徒步者丧失了期望。
• 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 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？
• But knew I left them bereft.
  但他们认为是我让她们离开的。
• That guy must have been bereft of his senses.
  那家伙准是疯了。