deprived of or lacking something, especially non-material asset 被剥夺的,失却的,缺少 her room was stark and bereft of colour. 她的房间气氛凄凉,而且色彩单调。 ■(of a person) lonely and abandoned, especially through someone's death or departure (人)孤寂的,无依无靠的,失去亲人的 his death in 1990 left her bereft. 他1990年去世了,这使她无依无靠。