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bereaved

/bih-reevd/US // bɪˈrivd //UK // (bɪˈriːvd) //

遗属,丧亲的,丧亲的人,丧亲

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Usually the bereaved . a bereaved person or persons: to extend condolences to the bereaved.

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Examples

  • The deputy mayor conceded that after a morning visit to the bereaved, Randrianasolo and MBG’s Chris Birkinshaw could speak in the afternoon with anyone wishing to gather at the roofed marketplace.

  • On roads outside overflowing hospitals, desperate people await beds for relatives dying in their arms, and the bereaved break down.

  • Indeed, Cosway is credited with reviving the bereaved statesman after the deaths of his daughter and his wife.

  • Doughty doesn’t just want to keep the bereaved from getting ripped off, as Mitford set out to do.

  • If the only way to get that information is from the bereaved family, you and your colleagues should nominate one person who can handle the situation with diplomacy and empathy.

  • This is an excellent book for the bereaved and for the un-bereaved who walk beside them.

  • These short daily devotions help the bereaved feel less alone.

  • Bereaved mothers report overwhelmingly that they feel alone and unable to share their feelings of loss.

  • Giffords and bereaved parents, moving as they are, can't do that work.

  • And while the bereaved person may wish to be dead, the depressed person may attempt suicide, and some succeed.

  • Yet will not the heart be bereaved of its vision; it still sees a smile of tenderness in the universe.

  • This occurred in July, 1854, and the troubles of the bereaved family did not end here.

  • Desmarets, bereaved, sold his place to Martin Falleix's brother and left Paris in despair.

  • Moselekatse is a lion; he conquered nations, he robbed the strong ones, he bereaved mothers, he took away the son of Kheri.

  • Manga Colorada, bereaved and with blackened face, lay in wait for the first step of the emigrants outside of their city of refuge.