| 词组 | bereaved, bereft |
| 释义 | bereaved, bereft The variant past participles of bereave—bereaved and bereft—have developed somewhat separate adjectival uses. Bereaved is the word most frequently chosen to mean "suffering the death of a loved one": • ... he spoke ... as an unsuccessful and unhappy man might relate the biography of a successful and happy brother lately dead, for Kipling ... had very much the air of a man bereaved —Maurice Cranston, London Calling, 19 Aug. 1954 When bereaved is followed by a preposition, it is of: • ... orphans, spinsters and bachelors bereaved of their other relatives —Alice P. Kenney, New-England Galaxy, Fall 1970 Bereft usually denotes the loss, lack or deprivation of something and is almost always used with the preposition of: • Both players are instantly bereft of their poise — Albert E. Wier, The Piano, 1940 • ... the book is ... completely bereft of an index — Times Literary Supp., 27 June 1968 • Bereft of their independence ... —C. Vann Woodward, N.Y. Rev. of Books, 12 Aug. 1971 • These are hollow men, bereft of purpose —Clive Barnes, NY. Times, 4 May 1972 Bereft is also used, although less frequently than bereaved, in the sense "suffering the death of a loved one": • ... thinking of herself as a bereft daughter mourning here —Ben Ames Williams, Leave Her to Heaven, 1944 • ... the weeping widow, the bereft children —John Cogley, Center Mag., September 1968 If a preposition is used, again it is of: • ... why a young man so full of promise was cut off in his youth, why a woman was widowed ... why a country was bereft of one who might have served it greatly —Alan Paton, Cry, the Beloved Country, 1948 |
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