devoid

英 [dɪˈvɔɪd]

美 [dɪˈvɔɪd]

adj.  完全没有; 缺乏

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Collins.1 / BNC.9605 / COCA.9749

牛津词典

adj.

• 完全没有；缺乏
  completely lacking in sth
  1. The letter was devoid of warmth and feeling.
     这封信既无热情又无感情。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 毫无…的;没有…的
  If you say that someone or something isdevoid ofa quality or thing, you are emphasizing that they have none of it.
  1. I have never looked on a face that was so devoid of feeling...
     我从来没有见过一张如此面无表情的脸。
  2. The skies are virtually devoid of birdlife.
     天空中几乎没有任何鸟的踪迹。

英英释义

adj

• completely wanting or lacking
  1. writing barren of insight
  2. young recruits destitute of experience
  3. innocent of literary merit
  4. the sentence was devoid of meaning
  Synonym:barrendestitutefreeinnocent

双语例句

• We shouldn't be deceived by these outer expressions that are in fact devoid of true intellectual development.
  我们不应该被这些外表所蒙骗，事实上这些外相之下缺乏真正的智慧的增长。
• Maldek was a utopia that was devoid of all struggle.
  马尔戴克是一个乌托邦，那里没有所有的奋斗。
• The article is empty and hollow, devoid of substance.
  这篇文章写得空空洞洞，没有实质内容。
• You think I'm a silly, spoiled kid, completely devoid of gratitude.
  你一定认为我是一个傻傻的，娇惯了的，没有感恩心的孩子。
• He is devoid of common sense.; He lacks common sense.
  他缺乏常识。
• This was a culture devoid of self-criticism and self-analysis, hindering the prevention of impending economic catastrophe.
  这是一种缺乏自我批评和自我分析的文化，给防范日益迫近的经济灾难制造了障碍。
• Though he made some mistakes, he is not devoid of any merit.
  他虽然犯了错误，但并非一无是处。
• It is a situation, in sum, devoid of logic.
  总之，该情况毫无逻辑。
• The articles are long-winded and devoid of substance.
  这些文章空话连篇。
• Huxley's classic prophetic novel describes the socialized horrors of a futuristic utopia devoid of individual freedom.
  赫胥黎经典的预言小说描绘了未来主义乌托邦中社会化的恐怖和对个人自由的剥夺。