Divest

(verb.) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); 'The company decided to divest'; 'the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property'; 'There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa'.

(verb.) deprive of status or authority; 'he was divested of his rights and his title'; 'They disinvested themselves of their rights'.

贝拉编辑

• It had come on there, I dare say, a hundred times before, but I could not divest myself of an idea that it MIGHT lead to some result now. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• With this apostrophe Mr Fledgeby appropriately proceeded to divest himself of his Turkish garments, and invest himself with Christian attire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Miss Abbot turned to divest a stout leg of the necessary ligature. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It was the universal reason divested of a human personality. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• When divested of metaphor, a straight line or a square has no more to do with right and justice than a crooked line with vice. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• He had divested himself of his brown paper parcel, but had made no alteration in his attire, and was, if possible, more loquacious than ever. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• And soon afterwards, divesting himself only of his shoes and coat, laid himself down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

整理:辛克莱