bereft
/bɪˈreft/adjective
1- deprived of or lacking something, especially non-material asset(尤指非物质财产)被剥夺的, 失却的, 缺少的:
her room was stark and bereft of colour.
她的房间气氛凄凉, 而且色彩单调。
1.1
- (of a person) lonely and abandoned, especially through someone's death or departure(人)孤寂的, 无依无靠的, 失去亲人的:
his death in 1990 left her bereft.
他1990年去世了, 这使她无依无靠。
词源
late 16th cent.: archaic past participle BEREAVE.