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

• He was dismissed because he was devoid of talent.
  他被解雇了因为他缺乏才能。
• 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。
• 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。
• So devoid of wisdom or good sense as to be laughable.
  缺乏智慧或理性而觉得可笑。
• 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。
• Yet she is not devoid of humour and high spirits.
  可是她并不缺少幽默和兴致。
• 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 honest but devoid of common sense.
  他为人正直但缺乏常识。
• 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。
• 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。