bereave

• vt. 使……失去；使……孤寂

1. deprive through death

前缀be-, 强调。-reave, 剥夺，词源同rip, rob.

1. Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memories.

没有什么东西可以夺去我们这样甜蜜的记忆.

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2. Nothing can bereave us of such sweet memory.

没有东西可以夺去我们这样甜蜜的记忆.

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bereave

bereave: see rob

bereave (v.)

Old English bereafian "to deprive of, take away, seize, rob," from be + reafian "rob, plunder," from Proto-Germanic *raubojanan, from PIE *reup- "to snatch" (see rapid). A common Germanic formation (compare Old Frisian birava "despoil," Old Saxon biroban, Dutch berooven, Old High German biroubon, German berauben, Gothic biraubon). Since mid-17c., mostly in reference to life, hope, loved ones, and other immaterial possessions. Past tense forms bereaved and bereft have co-existed since 14c., now slightly differentiated in meaning, the former applied to loss of loved ones, the latter to circumstances.