devoid of 缺少，缺乏

　　释义

　　If you say that someone or something is devoid of a quality or thing, you are emphasizing that they have none of it.

　　例句

　　The minister noted that the state had huge potentials, adding that it could only be harnessed in an atmosphere devoid of rancour and violence.

　　GRE

　　The dark regions in the starry night sky are not pockets in the universe that are devoid of stars as had long been thought.

　　与以前观点截然不同的是，星空中的黑暗之处并非是没有星星的真空。