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

• Yet she is not devoid of humour and high spirits.
  可是她并不缺少幽默和兴致。
• The review is dull and devoid of content.
  这篇评论语言干瘪，内容空泛。
• Out there beyond the Milky way is a good-sized volume nearly devoid of noticeable galaxies.
  在银河系之外相当大的空间内几乎没有明显的星系了。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is a situation, in sum, devoid of logic.
  总之，该情况毫无逻辑。
• He was dismissed because he was devoid of talent.
  他被解雇了因为他缺乏才能。
• Articles devoid of substance are the least justifiable and the most objectionable.
  最不应该、最要反对的是言之无物的文章。
• If ever there has been a heavy bubble, devoid of lightheaded joy, this has to be it.
  如果说还存在着一个巨大的泡沫，缺乏让人头晕的快乐，这就是一个了。
• The skies are virtually devoid of birdlife.
  天空中几乎没有任何鸟的踪迹。