| 单词 | devoid |
| 释义 | devoid (once / 972 pages) adj You're stranded in the ocean, miles from shore, clinging to a sinking boat, and you can't swim? Sorry to say, your situation is devoid of all hope. When you fall off a cliff, you fall into the void. Void means empty. Devoid means empty of. When you use it, always answer the question "Of what?" "My wallet is devoid of cash. My teacher is devoid of pity. My cookie jar is devoid of cookies." These examples are devoid of anything not totally depressing! WORD FAMILYdevoid USAGE EXAMPLESAs my mother was a Jehovah’s Witness, my childhood was devoid of all the usual opportunities for merrymaking. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The blank industrial lawns cultivated by neighbors are nearly devoid of birds, he noted. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Trump’s was a campaign largely devoid of policy proposals, except for those of erasure and exclusion. Salon(Dec 26, 2016) adj completely wanting or lacking the sentence was devoid of meaning Syn barren, destitute, free, innocent nonexistent not having existence or being or actuality |
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