devoid
devoid 英 [dɪˈvɔɪd] 美 [dɪˈvɔɪd]
adj. 缺乏的；全无的
- You're stranded in the ocean, miles from shore, clinging to a sinking boat, and you can't swim? Sorry to say, your situation is devoid of all hope.
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- adj. 缺乏的；全无的
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1. How, then, could this race devoid of spirituality clothe in myths the profound horror of its life?
这个缺乏灵性的种族，那时，怎么可能为其生命深层次的恐怖披上神话的外衣呢？
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2. Vicksburg, a town in Virginia, was thought to be devoid of food during the battles until the people there found the peas.
维克斯堡，在弗吉尼亚州的一个小镇，在战争期间它被认为是缺乏食物的地方，直到那里的人民发现豌豆。
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3. You could also move beyond that and identify yourself with pure oneness or consciousness, devoid of any particular individuality.
也可能超越那些，用纯粹的“单一性”或缺乏特殊个性的自觉意识来识别你自己。
- devoid (adj.) c. 1400, shortening of devoided, past participle of obsolete verb devoiden "to remove, void, vacate" (c. 1300), from Old French desvuidier (12c., Modern French dévider) "to empty out, flush game from, unwind, let loose (an arrow)," from des- "out, away" + voider "to empty," from voide "empty," from Latin vocivos "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacare "be empty," from PIE *wak-, extended form of root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out."
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