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 bereft girl keened her sorrow.
  那个失去亲人的姑娘哭出自己的悲痛之情。
• 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。
• Feminists and Republicans have collaborated to leave the US bereft of any culture of love, Bruckner believes.
  布吕克内认为，女权主义和共和党勾结，导致美国丧失了一切爱恋文化。
• One of my favourite colleagues leaves today and I would have been genuinely bereft had she not marked it in some way.
  我最喜欢的一个同事今天离职，如果她没有通过某种方式表示一下的话，我真的会感到很失落。
• The place seemed to be utterly bereft of human life.
  这个地方似乎根本没有人烟。
• 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。
• We want to return to our bereft, little world.
  我们想回归我们的被剥夺的小世界。
• 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。
• 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。