bereave

verb

/bɪˈriːv/

be bereaved

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they bereave	/bɪˈriːv/ /bɪˈriːv/
he / she / it bereaves	/bɪˈriːvz/ /bɪˈriːvz/
past simple bereaved	/bɪˈriːvd/ /bɪˈriːvd/
past participle bereaved	/bɪˈriːvd/ /bɪˈriːvd/
-ing form bereaving	/bɪˈriːvɪŋ/ /bɪˈriːvɪŋ/

if somebody is bereaved, a relative or close friend has just died丧失亲友
- The ceremony was an ordeal for those who had been recently bereaved.这个仪式对于那些新近丧失亲友的人来说是一种折磨。
词源Old English berēafian (from be- and reave ‘to rob someone of something’). The original sense was ‘deprive of’ in general.