bereave
英 [b?'ri?v]
美[b?'riv]
- vt. 使……失去；使……孤寂
GRE扩展词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?bereaves;过去式:?bereaved;? bereft;过去分词:?bereaved;? bereft;现在分词:?bereaving;
助记提示
1. rape => bereave.
中文词源
bereave 丧失亲友
前缀be-, 强调。-reave, 剥夺，词源同rip, rob.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memories.
- 没有什么东西可以夺去我们这样甜蜜的记忆.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memory.
- 没有东西可以夺去我们这样甜蜜的记忆.
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