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 skies are virtually devoid of birdlife.
  天空中几乎没有任何鸟的踪迹。
• 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。
• This shows that we are not devoid of talented scientists.
  这就说明，我们并不是没有人。
• The man's voice was devoid of inflection
  那人的声音缺少抑扬变化。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The face is entirely devoid of expression.
  脸上完全没有表情。
• They are utterly devoid of conscience, they even humiliated these defenseless civilians.
  欺辱这些手无寸铁的平民，这些人真是丧尽天良。
• 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。