单词：bereaves
音标：[bɪˈri:vz] ；
v. 使失去（希望、生命等）( bereave的第三人称单数 ); （尤指死亡）使丧失（亲人、朋友等）; 使孤寂; <废>抢走（财物）
v deprive through death
bereave的用法和样例：
例句
- The accident bereaved him of his wife and child.车祸夺去了他的妻子和儿子的生命。
- Indignation bereft him of speech.他气愤得说不出话来。
经典引文
Madam, you have bereft me of all words.
出自：Merchant of Venice,ShakespeareHis hands dropped to his sides, and he looked as bereft of dignity as any human being could.
出自：L. P. HartleyHe was lately bereaved of his wife, a Swiss girl who had died only a few months previously.
出自：J. R. Ackerley
【近义词】
- orphan孤儿
- leave alone不管
- leave委托
- dispossess剥夺