divest /daɪˈvɛst, daɪ-/ ( divesting, divested, divests )

• 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. 抛弃 [正式]

  例：

  The company divested itself of its oil interests.

  这家公司从石油生意中抽身。

• 2. 

  V-T If something or someone is divested of a particular quality, they lose that quality or it is taken away from them. 从...中去除; 被剥夺(...的能力) [正式]

  例：

  ...in the 1960s, when sexual love had been divested of sin.

  ...在二十世纪60年代，性爱不再被当做犯罪的年代。

  例：

  They have divested rituals of their original meaning.

  这些仪式的原意已被他们丧尽。