每日N词[20160109]
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The pregnant woman has an enlarged abdomen.
孕妇大腹偏偏。
▷abdomen ['æbdəmen]
Your abdomen is the middle part of the front of your body, between your chest area and your pelvis[骨盆]. If the doctor asks if your abdomen hurts, the doctor wants to know if you have any pain in your belly area[是否腹痛].
n. 下腹, 腹部
The patient is complaining of pain in the abdomen, doctor.
大夫, 病人在叫肚子疼.
▷The lost hikers were bereft of hope when the rescue plane did not see them.
营救飞机没有发现迷路的徒行者,他们绝望之极了。
▷bereft [bi'reft]
So, they took the thing you most loved, and you're never going to get it back. You've gone beyond just plain grief-stricken[极度忧伤的; 黯然销魂] — you're bereft.
adj. 被剥夺的; 丧失的; 失去亲人的;
vt. 失去…的
Indignation bereft him of speech.
他愤怒得说不出话来.
bereft of
失去(理智、财富、希望等)的
bereft of reason
失去理智
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