Deprive



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 剥夺某人的某事物
• ［英］ v. 剥夺某人的某事物 ( take sth away from sb / sth )
• ［记］ de ( 去掉) +prive ( 单个) -> 从个人身边拿走 -> 剥夺

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (deprived; depriving)

• Etymology: Middle English depriven, from Anglo-French depriver, from Medieval Latin deprivare, from Latin de- + privare to deprive — more at private
• Date: 14th century
• 1. obsolete remove
• 2. to take something away from <deprived him of his professorship — J. M. Phalen>
• 3. to remove from office
• 4. to withhold something from <deprived a citizen of her rights>

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