bereft
bereft 英 [bɪˈreft] 美 [bɪˈrɛft]
adj. 丧失的；被剥夺的；失去亲人的 v. 失去…的（bereave的过去式）
- So, they took the thing you most loved, and you're never going to get it back. You've gone beyond just plain grief-stricken — you're bereft.
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- adj. 丧失的；被剥夺的；失去亲人的
- v. 失去…的（bereave的过去式）
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1. Although St Lucia trades on its relatively unsophisticated image, it is not bereft of celebrity glamour.
尽管圣卢西亚利用了其相对朴素的形象，但它并没有丧失其名人魅力。
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2. bereft Chinese consumers, in turn, might help to achieve what foreign pressure could not, by persuading their government to allow more legitimate imports.
失去娱乐的中国消费者，或许会反过来劝说其政府允许更多的合法进口，而这是外国压力做不到的。
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3. Some said they feel so bereft without their iPhone or Blackberry that it evokes similar feelings to the "phantom limb" syndrome suffered by amputees.
一些人说当他们失去爱凤或黑莓的时候像是失去了什么，这不禁让人联想到患有假肢综合征中的残疾人。
- bereft (adj.) late 14c., past-participle adjective from bereave (v.).
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