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bereave

/bih-reev/US // bɪˈriv //UK // (bɪˈriːv) //

丧亲之痛,丧亲,丧家之犬,丧亲者

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    be·reaved or be·reft, be·reav·ing.

    • : to deprive and make desolate, especially by death: Illness bereaved them of their mother.
    • : to deprive ruthlessly or by force: The war bereaved them of their home.
    • : Obsolete. to take away by violence.

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Examples

  • That’s roughly triple the death toll so far, leaving behind 116,900 parentally bereaved kids.

  • She will thee bereave of almost every joy, the fair-faced foster-child of Heimir.

  • To whom, think ye, is your life of such consequence, that they should seek to bereave ye of it?

  • And, dear sweetheart, be not afraid that you shall be left without a lover; that I shall bereave you!

  • But as a taste of blood will infuriate a hound, so her own laughter seemed to bereave Bianca of all restraint.

  • Fortuna opes auferre, non animum potest—Fortune may bereave us of wealth, but not of courage.