/bɪˈreft ||; bəˈrɛft/adj (not before a noun 不用于名词前) (
formal 正式)
1 bereft of sth completely lacking sth; having lost sth 缺少；失去: bereft of ideas/hope 没有主意；失去希望
2 (used about a person) sad and lonely because you have lost sb/sth （指人）（因失去某人或某事物而）伤心，孤独: He was utterly bereft when his wife died. 妻子死后，他伤透了心。