deprive
/dɪˈpraɪv/verb
with obj.
1- deny (a person or place) the possession or use of something剥夺(人, 地方)对某物的所有(或使用):
the city was deprived of its water supplies.
这座城市被断了水。
1.1
- archaic depose (someone, especially a clergyman) from office〈古〉革职(尤指革除神职人员的职务):
Archbishop Bancroft deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen.
班克罗夫特大主教革除了许多清教徒牧师的职务。
派生词
deprival
noun词源
Middle English (in the sense 'depose from office'): from Old French depriver, from medieval Latin deprivare, from de- 'away, completely' + privare (see PRIVATE).