bereave 的用法及固定搭配

bereave

bereave极少用在主动语态。它有两个过去分词,bereaved 和bereft。对于家人的丧亡通常用bereaved,对于无形的东西的丧失只可用bereft,如He was bereaved(或bereft,但不很普通)of his wife和He was now bereft(不可用bereaved)of hope。注意两句里都用of。the bereaved husband(丧了妻的人),the bereaved father(丧了子或女的父亲),the bereaved(丧了家人的一个或多个人)等表达方式里的bereaved不可改作bereft。