英语词汇“deprive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINdeprive

Origin:

1300-1400 Medieval Latin deprivare, from Latin privare ‘to deprive’

VERB TABLE

deprive

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	deprive
	he, she, it	deprives
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	deprived
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have deprived
	he, she, it	has deprived
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had deprived
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will deprive
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have deprived

Continuous Form
Present	I	am depriving
	he, she, it	is depriving
	you, we, they	are depriving
Past	I, he, she, it	was depriving
	you, we, they	were depriving
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been depriving
	he, she, it	has been depriving
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been depriving
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be depriving
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been depriving

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Amateur jockeys are something but too many rides means they deprive the professionals and that is something else.
I disapprove of diets so strongly because I think it's wrong suddenly to deprive your body of certain foods.
That is because 10 defections would deprive Gingrich of a majority.
The nutrients cause the growth of algae in rivers and lakes, kill some fish species and deprive the water of oxygen.
This is not about depriving people accused of crimes of their legitimate rights, including the presumption of innocence.
When people flee, they deprive the organization of their expertise and experience, while at the same time undermining its reputation.
You have the intention permanently to deprive me of the petrol.

Longman Language Activatorto take something from someone► take

to take something out of someone's hands: · Let me take your bags -- you look exhausted.· Oh, mom, could you just take this for a second?· He took her coat, and hung it in the hall.take something from somebody: · He walked slowly across the room and took the gun from her.take something off somebody informal: · Can you take some of these books off me?

► grab/snatch

to take something from someone with a sudden violent movement: · He just grabbed my camera and ran off with it.snatch/grab something from somebody/something: · Gerry snatched her diary from the desk, and she lunged to grab it back.snatch/grab something off somebody informal: · Paul grabbed the bag of sweets off his sister and ran away with it.

► take away

to take something important from someone, such as a possession or a right, either as a punishment or in a way that is wrong or unfair: take away something: · Mom's threatened to take away my stereo if my schoolwork doesn't improve.· The new law would take away the rights of workers to go on strike.· That's stupid -- it's like teaching someone to read, then taking away all their books!take something away: · No, Eli, I'm taking it away now!take something away from somebody: · Even though Polly still needs it, the authorities have taken the wheelchair away from her.

► seize

to take something such as drugs, guns, or documents from someone who is keeping them illegally or taking them from one place to another: · Police seized 53 weapons and made 42 arrests.· Over 52,000 E-tablets hidden in a car door were seized by customs officials.· Assets worth over $1 million were seized, along with documents relating to the company's financial dealings.

► impound

to take something such as a car or an animal away from someone and keep it in a special place until they are officially allowed to have it back: · The act will give the government new rights to impound untaxed cars and crush them. · The medical officer says that the animals will be impounded while tests are carried out.· Police recovered both items, and impounded a black BMW from the murder scene.

► confiscate

to officially take something away from someone, either as a punishment or because they are not allowed to have it: · Your vehicle can be confiscated if you are transporting marijuana.· The authorities will confiscate firearms found on a boat or plane if the owner cannot show proof of US licensing. confiscate something from somebody: · The group claims that billions of dollars in property and bank accounts was confiscated from Jewish businessmen in the Second World War.

► commandeer

if the army or other military organization commandeers something such as a vehicle or a building, they take it away from the owners in order to use it in a war: · Bud's truck had been commandeered by the regiment.· The officers had commandeered every house in the area.· A paramilitary group attempted to commandeer the bus and take it to Madrid.

► deprive somebody

to take away or not let someone have their rights, advantages etc, especially in a way that seems unfair: · Under Stalin, Soviet citizens were deprived of their most basic human rights.· The boy's parents claim the school's actions have effectively deprived their son of education.· Banning the carnival will deprive law-abiding citizens of a source of culturally valuable entertainment.

► strip somebody

to completely take away someone's rights, responsibilities, or a prize they have won, especially as a punishment for doing something wrong: · The captain was stripped of his licence after the collision.· He was formally stripped of his American citizenship.· The ruling authority stripped him of his boxing title after he was convicted of importing heroin.· The court ruled that Learer's conviction did not constitute grounds for stripping her of custody of her four children.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a deprived area

(=where many poor people live)· He grew up in one of the toughest and most deprived areas of Glasgow.

► a deprived/disadvantaged background

· The school has a high percentage of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

► a deprived childhood

(=without enough money, food, attention etc)· Many children living in these areas have very deprived childhoods.

► deprive somebody of their liberty

(=take liberty away from someone)· a prisoner who has been deprived of his liberty

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► permanently

· Murder; and Theft: dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it.

► thus

· Usually by that time, delivery will already have been made, thus depriving the seller of his lien.

NOUN► child

· Parental consent to in vitro fertilisation does not deprive the child of his legal right of action.· This is fundamentally better than depriving the child of a right to live.· Why should it be seeking to deprive children of a first-class education?· They're depriving their children of the maternal love that is the child's by right.

► intention

· Murder; and Theft: dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it.· It speaks of intention permanently to deprive.· If something is not property, the accused can not have an intention permanently to deprive the owner of that property.· Accordingly, the accused's behaviour did not amount to an intention permanently to deprive the owner of the information.· There is no requirement of an intention permanently to deprive.· There was no dispute about the appellant's intention being permanently to deprive Mr. Occhi of the money.· The accused did not have the intention permanently to deprive at the relevant time.

► opportunity

· Babies deprive women of the opportunity to earn money through the expanding opportunities for full- and part-time work now available.· Less developed countries fear that both those initiatives would deprive them of trading opportunities.

► owner

· Murder; and Theft: dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it.· To remove a cat's claws is far worse than to deprive cat owners of their finger-nails.· If something is not property, the accused can not have an intention permanently to deprive the owner of that property.· Accordingly, the accused's behaviour did not amount to an intention permanently to deprive the owner of the information.

► people

· They deprive people of food and work, and destroy once healthy stocks round the globe.· This is not about depriving people accused of crimes of their legitimate rights, including the presumption of innocence.· Rather than a blessing, retirement becomes a period of crisis, depriving older people of the status and role of work.· The changes to the Green Form Scheme would deprive millions more people of legal advice.

► person

· However, by keeping our thoughts to ourselves we are often depriving that person of information which could be very helpful.· Under that provision no state can deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.