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

• The existing risk management methods are devoid of clarity, maneuverability and integrity.
  现有的风险管理方法普遍缺乏明确性、可操作性和整体性。
• 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。
• He is devoid of common sense.; He lacks common sense.
  他缺乏常识。
• It is a situation, in sum, devoid of logic.
  总之，该情况毫无逻辑。
• Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation.
  全无感觉、意识和生气。
• The man's voice was devoid of inflection
  那人的声音缺少抑扬变化。
• The face is entirely devoid of expression.
  脸上完全没有表情。
• It makes me sick to read over such stereotypes devoid of content.
  这种空洞无物的八股调，我看了就讨厌。
• 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 honest but devoid of common sense.
  他为人正直但缺乏常识。