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考研 CET6 IELTS TOEFL TEM8
外刊例句
- The old and the socially deprived more likely than the young, well-off and well-connected.
老年人和脱离社会的人群高于年轻人、富裕人群和有强大社会关系的人群。
——《经济学人》 - As the United States and Europe seek to deprive Russia of its oil and gas income, their leaders hope Qatar can help fill the void.
随着美国和欧洲试图剥夺俄罗斯的石油和天然气收入,它们的领导人希望卡塔尔能够帮助填补这一空缺。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] prevent (a person or place) from having or using something
[动词] 阻止(某人或某个地方)拥有或使用某物
深入解读
Deprive 是一个前不久小站(微信公众号:田间小站)在 小词详解 | derive 中提到过的单词。该词源自中古拉丁语 deprivare (剥夺),14世纪中期经古法语 depriver 进入英语后原指“免去……的职务”,尤指免去某个圣职。
等到了14世纪末后, deprive 开始发展出现在的主要含义指“剥夺、使丧失、使不能享有”,主要表示夺走或扣留某人或某个地方拥有的、使用的或应有的某个需要的、重要的或者有价值的东西,并使之远离。
值得注意的是,类似熟词 rob 那样, deprive 虽为及物动词,但其直接宾语是被剥夺的人或地方,而非所剥夺的东西,故常用短语动词 deprive sb/sth of sth 将所剥夺的东西放在介词 of 后面,比如:
- 在1976年酷热难当的夏天,他们遭到监禁并被剥夺了基本权利。
In the sweltering summer of 1976, they were imprisoned and deprived of their basic rights.
名著用例
Deprived of their usual car-washing and lawn-mowing pursuits, the inhabitants of Privet Drive had retreated into the shade of their cool houses, windows thrown wide in the hope of tempting in a non-existent breeze.
女贞路上的居民,平常的消遣就是擦车和割草,现在这两件事都做不成了,只好躲进他们阴凉的房子里,把窗户开得大大的,指望能吹进一丝并不存在的凉风。
出自英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第五本《哈利·波特与凤凰社》(Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)。
同近义词
- divest: deprive someone of (power, rights, or possessions)
- dispossess: deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions
- strip: deprive someone of (rank, power, or property)