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be bereft of sth
表示‘完全没有、丧失某物’，后接名词或名词短语，常用于正式语境。
The room was completely bereft of furniture.
这个房间里完全没有家具。
失恋的；单相思的
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失恋的；单相思的
unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
The room was completely bereft of furniture.
这个房间里完全没有家具。
因失去某人而感到痛苦。
Pained by the loss of someone.
被剥夺的,被夺走的,被抢走的。
Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.
缺乏的,全无的。
Lacking, devoid of.
He felt utterly bereft when his beloved married another.
当他的心上人嫁给别人时，他感到彻底的失恋。
The bereft woman finally stopped crying after a week.
这位失恋的女人一周后终于停止了哭泣。
After his gentle confession was met with silence, he became silent and obviously bereft.
他那温柔的表白没有得到回应后，他变得沉默，显然陷入了单相思的痛苦。
表示‘完全没有、丧失某物’，后接名词或名词短语，常用于正式语境。
The room was completely bereft of furniture.
这个房间里完全没有家具。
书面语，指因失去爱情或亲人而感到空虚无助；也可表示‘悲痛的’。
After the breakup, he felt completely bereft.
分手后，他感到非常孤独失落。
该结构为‘动词+宾语+形容词补语’，强调某事件使人陷入丧失感或悲恸中。
Her harsh words left him bereft.
她严厉的话令他感到十分失落。
Not this
He bereft his confidence.
Use this
He was bereft of his confidence.
bereft 是形容词，表示“失去的、被剥夺的”，没有“某人丧失某物”的及物动词用法；正确表达是 be bereft of + 所失去的事物。
Not this
He was bereft from all his wealth.
Use this
He was bereft of all his wealth.
bereft 固定搭配介词 of，表示“失去、缺少”，不用 from；from 是受“从……中”的汉语思维影响而误用。
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失去希望的；绝望的
After the accident, she was left bereft of hope.
事故之后，她失去了希望。
失去意义的
His life felt bereft of meaning after he retired.
退休后，他觉得生活失去了意义。
说不出话来的
He was bereft of speech when he heard the news.
听到这个消息，他说不出话来。
丧失尊严的
The scandal left him bereft of dignity.
丑闻让他丧失了尊严。
毫无感情的
She stared at the ruins, bereft of emotion.
她盯着废墟，毫无感情。
缺少…的；丧失…的
The children seemed completely bereft of enthusiasm.
孩子们似乎完全没有热情。
死亡的；断气的（常作幽默或夸张说法）
The bird in the cage was bereft of life this morning.
今早笼子里的鸟已经死了。
绝望的；失去希望的
For a moment, she was bereft of hope and wanted to give up.
那一刻，她失去了希望，想要放弃。
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bereft 与 left 押韵：爱已 left（离开），只剩空落落的，即“被剥夺的、失恋的”。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary prose、poetry 该词表示“因失恋而痛苦的”或“单相思的”，多用于文学作品或正式语体中，带有书面和诗意色彩；日常口语中通常不这么用。
All listed words end with /-ɛft/ and rhyme with 'bereft' (/bɪˈrɛft/). Note that the similar-looking word 'beret'（贝雷帽）is pronounced /bəˈreɪ/ and does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.