divest
US: /daɪˈvɛst/, /dɪˈvɛst/
UK: /daɪvˈɛst/
UK: /daɪvˈɛst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
divest /dai'vest/
- ngoại động từ
- cởi quần áo; lột quần áo
- (+ of) tước bỏ, tước đoạt; trừ bỏ, gạt bỏ
- to divest somebody of his right: tước đoạt quyền lợi của ai
- to divest oneself of an idea: gạt bỏ một ý nghĩ
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN] (formal)
1 ~ sb / yourself of sth to remove clothes: He divested himself of his jacket.
2 ~ yourself of sth to get rid of sth: The company is divesting itself of some of its assets.
3 ~ sb/sth of sth to take sth away from sb/sth: After her illness she was divested of much of her responsibility.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 strip, denude, rid, get rid, relieve, disencumber, deprive, dispossess; despoil, mulct:
The company has been divested of all its assets.
2 divest oneself of. take or put off, doff, remove; disrobe, unclothe, undress:
She divested herself of her fur coat.
