单词 | bereaved |
释义 | bereaved (bɪriːvd ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A bereaved person is one who has a relative or close friend who has recently died. Mr Dinkins visited the bereaved family to offer comfort. Synonyms: mourning, suffering, grieving, lamenting The bereaved are people who are bereaved. He wanted to show his sympathy for the bereaved. Collocations: recently bereaved A widow enters into a temporary marriage of convenience with a recently bereaved man to help him care for his daughter. The Sun (2010) Nobody can tell a recently bereaved spouse the answer to this dilemma; there is no right or wrong answer. Times, Sunday Times (2012) For a recently bereaved spouse, finding this out is upsetting at a difficult time. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Or that the recently bereaved draw comfort from talking about their departed loved one. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 新近丧失亲人的 Japanese: 後に残された |
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