divest
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you divest yourself of something that you own or are responsible for, you get rid of it or stop being responsible for it. 拋棄[正式]
The company divested itself of its oil interests. 這家公司從石油生意中抽身。
2. V-T If something or someone is divested of a particular quality, they lose that quality or it is taken away from them. 從...中去除; 被剝奪(...的能力)[正式]
...in the 1960s, when sexual love had been divested of sin. ...在二十世紀(jì)60年代，性愛不再被當(dāng)做犯罪的年代。
They have divested rituals of their original meaning. 這些儀式的原意已被他們喪盡。
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divest /da??v?st, da?-/ (divesting,divested,divests)
劍橋詞典
- to sell something, especially a business or a part of a business
賣掉，出售（企業(yè)或其中一部分）
The company is divesting its less profitable business operations . 該公司打算出售其盈利較差的業(yè)務(wù)。
She has divested herself of (= sold ) some of her share-holdings. 她已經(jīng)賣掉了自己的一些股份。