deprive

【发音】
美 /dɪ'praɪv/ 英 /dɪ'praɪv/
【翻译】
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v.夺去;使(人)失去
英释:to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need or should have
【记忆】
de(去掉) + priv(使丧失) + e → 剥夺, 使丧失
【短语】
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deprive of : vt. 剥夺;失去
【例句】
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A lot of these children have been deprived of a normal home life.
这些孩子中有许多被剥夺了正常的家庭生活。
【真题例句】
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(2014.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...reducing or eliminating these opportunities would most likely deprive disadvantaged students of the benefits from athletic participation...
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(2009.12 • CET6 • • 写作题)...The major harm is that it might deprive children of their pleasure to play after school...
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(2008.12 • CET6 • • 文本题)...deprive their children of freedom...
【单词相关测试】
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The accident ______ him of his sight and the use of his legs.
正确答案:C
解释:deprive sb. of: 使某人丧失…, 剥夺…。句意: 这场事故使他丧失了视力和行走能力。exclude: 排斥; disable: 使失去能力; grip: 掌握, 控制。
A. excludedB. disabledC. deprivedD. gripped
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No one can function properly if they are ______ of adequate sleep.
正确答案:A
解释:句意: 没有充足的睡眠, 人们就不能正常工作。rip: 撕开; strip: 剥去, 夺去; contrive: 发明, 设计。
A. deprivedB. rippedC. strippedD. contrived
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The prisoner was ______ of his civil liberty for three years.
正确答案:C
解释:句意: 该囚犯被剥夺了3年公民自由权。discharge: 流出; 解雇; derive: 得自, 起源; dispatch: 分派, 派遣。
A. dischargedB. derivedC. deprivedD. dispatched
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In his last years, Henry suffered from a disease that slowly ______ him of much of his sight.
正确答案:C
解释: deprive of: 使某人丧失…。句意: 在晚年, 亨利受到一种病痛的折磨, 这种病慢慢损伤了他大部分的视力。relieve: 减轻, 解除; jeopardize: 危害; eliminate: 除去。
A. relievedB. jeopardizedC. deprivedD. eliminated
【同、近义词】
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vt.使丧失,剥夺
shear/strip of/
【同根词】
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n
deprivation : 剥夺;损失;免职