bereave

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɪˈɹiːv/    美 /bɪˈɹiːv/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip. transitive
    — Madam, you have bereft me of all words,
  2. To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence. obsolete,transitive
    — All your interest in those territories / Is utterly bereft you; all is lost.
  3. To deprive of power; prevent. transitive
  4. To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive. transitive
    — Death bereaved him of his wife.
  5. To destroy life; cut off. intransitive,rare

词形变化

bereaves present,singular,third-person bereaving participle,present bereaved participle,past bereaved past bereft participle,past bereft past

词汇关系

衍生词
bereavable bereavement bereaver
相关词
reave

词源

Inherited from Middle English bireven, from Old English berēafian (“to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”), from Proto-Germanic *biraubōną, and Old English berēofan (“to bereave, deprive, rob of”); both equivalent to be- + reave. Cognate with Dutch beroven (“to rob, deprive, bereave”), German berauben (“to deprive, rob, bereave”), Danish berøve (“to deprive of”), Norwegian berøve (“to deprive”), Swedish beröva (“to rob”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽 (biraubōn).
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