divest

英 [daɪ'vest] 美 [daɪ'vest]

• v. 剥除；脱去；剥夺；摆脱

英英释义

Verb:

1. take away possessions from someone;

   "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
   

2. deprive of status or authority;

   "he was divested of his rights and his title"
   "They disinvested themselves of their rights"
   

3. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment);

   "The company decided to divest"
   "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"
   "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"
   

4. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;

   "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"
   "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"
   "He disinvested himself of his garments"
   

经典引文

• She could never divest herself of the feeling that the world was the most ungrateful place.

  出自： J. Galsworthy

• As soon as we are able to divest our thoughts of irrelevant particularity.

  出自： B. Russell

词汇搭配

• divest oneself of 脱衣

近反义词

【近义词】

• strip 剥去
• deprive 剥夺
• rid 摆脱
• dissociate 分离
• separate 分开的
• part from 和 ... 分开
• deny 否认
• rob 抢劫
• dispossess 剥夺
• disinvest 减资
• undress 脱掉

【反义词】

• invest 投资