bereave
英 [bɪ'riːv]
美[bɪ'riv]
- vt. 使……失去；使……孤寂
词态变化
第三人称单数: bereaves;过去式: bereaved; bereft;过去分词: bereaved; bereft;现在分词: bereaving;
助记提示
1. rape => bereave.
中文词源
bereave 丧失亲友
前缀be-, 强调。-reave, 剥夺，词源同rip, rob.
英英释意
- 1. deprive through death
英文词源
- 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.