形容詞 devoid:

1. completely lacking
2. completely wanting or lacking
   同義詞：barren, destitute, innocent

1. The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage, and death.
   人生三件大事——出生、結(jié)婚以及死亡——都是全無道理可言的。
2. Devoid of gladness and gaiety.
   缺乏歡樂的，憂郁的
3. The article is devoid of substantial matter.
   這篇文章缺乏實(shí)質(zhì)性的內(nèi)容。
4. Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.
   性冷淡的沒有性欲的; 性冷淡的

de.void

adj.（形容詞）
Completely lacking; destitute or empty:
缺乏的：完全缺乏的；貧乏的，一無所有的：
例句：
a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness.
一部缺乏創(chuàng)意和情趣的小說

來源：
Middle English [past participle of] devoiden [to remove, eliminate]
中古英語 [] devoiden的過去分詞 [去除，排除]
from Old French desvoidier
源自 古法語 desvoidier
des- [de-]
des- [前綴，表.去除.]
voidier [to empty] from voide [empty] * see void
voidier [使成為空的] 源自 voide [成為空的] *參見 void