bereave
英 [b?'ri?v]
美[b?'riv]
- vt. 使……失去；使……孤寂
GRE擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?bereaves;過去式:?bereaved;? bereft;過去分詞:?bereaved;? bereft;現(xiàn)在分詞:?bereaving;
助記提示
1. rape => bereave.
中文詞源
bereave 喪失親友
前綴be-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-reave, 剝奪，詞源同rip, rob.
英文詞源
- bereave
- bereave: see rob
- bereave (v.)
- Old English bereafian "to deprive of, take away, seize, rob," from be + reafian "rob, plunder," from Proto-Germanic *raubojanan, from PIE *reup- "to snatch" (see rapid). A common Germanic formation (compare Old Frisian birava "despoil," Old Saxon biroban, Dutch berooven, Old High German biroubon, German berauben, Gothic biraubon). Since mid-17c., mostly in reference to life, hope, loved ones, and other immaterial possessions. Past tense forms bereaved and bereft have co-existed since 14c., now slightly differentiated in meaning, the former applied to loss of loved ones, the latter to circumstances.
雙語例句
- 1. Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memories.
- 沒有什么東西可以奪去我們這樣甜蜜的記憶.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memory.
- 沒有東西可以奪去我們這樣甜蜜的記憶.
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