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divestment of [something]
divestment of 后接被剥夺或出售的对象。
The court ordered the divestment of his property.
法院下令剥夺他的财产。
剥夺；撤资
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剥夺；撤资
the act of divesting
The court ordered the divestment of his property.
法院下令剥夺他的财产。
常用于企业出售资产或投资者撤出资金；法律上指剥夺财产或权利。
出售或以其他方式处置某种资产。
The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
The board's sudden divestment of the CEO's signing power surprised everyone.
董事会突然剥夺首席执行官签字权的做法让所有人感到惊讶。
Residents protested the divestment of their right to use the local park.
居民们抗议剥夺他们使用当地公园的权利。
She argued that the divestment of personal property without a court order was illegal.
她辩称，未经法院命令剥夺个人财产是违法的。
divestment of 后接被剥夺或出售的对象。
The court ordered the divestment of his property.
法院下令剥夺他的财产。
在投资语境中，divestment from 表示从某行业或公司撤出投资。
Many investors called for divestment from the tobacco industry.
许多投资者呼吁从烟草业撤资。
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The government plans to divestment the criminal of his property.
Use this
The government plans to divest the criminal of his property.
divestment 是名词，意为“剥夺、夺取”；动词原形是 divest。在“plan to”之后要用动词原形，不能使用名词形式，这是词性混淆错误。
Not this
The government encouraged divestment in education.
Use this
The government encouraged investment in education.
divestment 与 investment 拼写相近但意思相反：divestment 是“撤资/剥夺”，investment 是“投资”。句中表达的是对教育的投入，应该用 investment，用 divestment 会表达相反的意思。
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剥夺资产
The court ordered the divestment of assets obtained through corruption.
法院下令剥夺通过腐败获得的资产。
强制剥夺
The reform required the forced divestment of the family's estates.
改革要求强制剥夺这个家族的庄园。
剥夺权利
The new law was criticized for its divestment of workers' rights.
新法律因剥夺工人权利而受到批评。
剥夺国籍
The law permits the divestment of citizenship for those convicted of treason.
法律允许剥夺叛国罪者的国籍。
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联想：divest拆成di+vest（外套），把外套脱下丢弃，即剥夺；用在投资上就是撤资。
语域：formal 常见场景：law、formal writing divestment 是较正式的书面词，多用于法律或正式文件中，表示剥夺或夺取。日常对话中很少使用。
真正押韵的是 investment /ɪnˈvestmənt/ 和 vestment /ˈvestmənt/（重读元音 /e/ 及后续 /stmənt/ 相同）。注意 divest /daɪˈvest/ 以 -vest 结尾，但没有 /mənt/ 结尾，读音不同；movement /ˈmuːvmənt/、statement /ˈsteɪtmənt/、development /dɪˈveləpmənt/ 虽以 -ment 结尾，但重读元音或后续辅音不同，也不押韵。
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