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

• 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。
• Indignation bereft of all hopes when all his efforts had ended on failure.
  他的一切努力均以失败告终后，他失去了一切希望（完全绝望了）。
• He felt completely bereft without her.
  没有她他感到非常空虚寂寞。
• 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。
• Failure was not imminent, and I could not be bereft of hope easily.
  失败还没有迫在眉睫，我不能就这么轻易地被剥夺了希望。
• When the explosion took place, he was bereft of his wits.
  爆炸发生时，他吓得魂不附体。
• 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。
• That has left everyone from finance minister or central banker to small investor or pension holder bereft of an intellectual compass, dazed and confused.
  从财政部长和央行行长、到小型投资者和养老金持有人，每个人都因此失去了智力罗盘，变得茫然和困惑。
• No power will be able to put back the verity into these speeches, into these lives bereft of Godly intent and service, into these loud exclamations which have turned into empty shells.
  没有任何力量能够将真理放回到这些言语中、放回到这些缺少神圣意图与服务的生命中、放回到已变成空壳的这些大声呼喊的人群中。
• That guy must have been bereft of his senses.
  那家伙准是疯了。