資料來源 : pyDict
剝奪,使失去
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Deprive \De*prive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deprived}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Depriving}.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest
of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF.
depriver. See {Private}.]
1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]
'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. --Shak.
2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from
possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter
object, usually preceded by of.
God hath deprived her of wisdom. --Job xxxix.
17.
It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over
himself. --Macaulay.
3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity,
especially ecclesiastical.
A miniser deprived for inconformity. --Bacon.
Syn: To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.
資料來源 : WordNet®
deprive
v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the
Jews of all their assets" [syn: {strip}, {divest}]
2: keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
3: take away [syn: {impoverish}] [ant: {enrich}]