devoid
英 [d?'v??d]
美[d?'v??d]
- adj. 缺乏的；全無的
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助記提示
1. 使其變空.
中文詞源
devoid 缺乏
de-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)，完全的。void, 空的。即完全空的，缺乏的。
英文詞源
- devoid (adj.)
- c. 1400, shortening of devoided, past participle of obsolete verb devoiden "to remove, void, vacate" (c. 1300), from Old French desvuidier (12c., Modern French dévider) "to empty out, flush game from, unwind, let loose (an arrow)," from des- "out, away" + voider "to empty," from voide "empty" (see void (adj.)).
雙語例句
- 1. It is a situation, in sum, devoid of logic.
- 總之，該情況毫無邏輯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The man's voice was devoid of inflection.
- 那人的聲音缺少抑揚(yáng)變化。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The face is entirely devoid of expression.
- 臉上完全沒有表情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The letter was devoid of warmth and feeling.
- 這封信既無熱情又無感情。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content.
- 這種空洞無物的八股調(diào),我看了就討厭.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》