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

• It is a situation, in sum, devoid of logic.
  总之，该情况毫无逻辑。
• Not wholly devoid of an idea that he might behold an evil spirit.
  并非完全没有料到他可能又要看到一个邪魔了。
• Devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation.
  全无感觉、意识和生气。
• The articles are long-winded and devoid of substance.
  这些文章空话连篇。
• 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。
• He was dismissed because he was devoid of talent.
  他被解雇了因为他缺乏才能。
• The Nazi regimes devoid of all theme and principle except appetite and racial domination.
  而纳粹制度除了欲望和种族统治外，毫无宗旨和原则。
• Yet she is not devoid of humour and high spirits.
  可是她并不缺少幽默和兴致。
• The skies are virtually devoid of birdlife.
  天空中几乎没有任何鸟的踪迹。
• 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。