divest

表示“剥去、剥夺”某物，也常指通过出售让公司摆脱资产或子公司；“脱去衣物”是古旧用法。

💡 记忆钩子

把衣服从身上剥下来，就是“去掉、使脱离”。这个画面先引申为剥夺某人的权利、特权或成见，再引申为公司出售资产、摆脱子公司；古旧用法则直接表示脱去衣物。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“剥夺”和“出售资产以摆脱”这两个现代义项，再把古旧的“脱衣”当作词源线索即可。
不要因为拼写相近而把它和“投资”混淆；商业语境中它表示撤出或出售，而不是投入资金。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 剥夺；使失去

📖 像把某人身上的东西剥下来一样，指使某人失去权利、特权，也可以指摆脱某种感情、偏见或执念。重点不只是“拿走物品”，而是让对方不再拥有某种抽象的东西。

💡 常见句型是“divest someone of something”，也可用“divest oneself of something”表示主动摆脱某物。宾语多为权利、特权、责任、偏见等抽象内容，语气比普通的“拿走”或“失去”正式。不要把它误解成单纯的劝说或自愿放弃，它通常强调被剥夺或彻底脱离的结果。

transitive

The new law must not divest citizens of their basic rights.

新法律绝不能剥夺公民的基本权利。

She worked hard to divest herself of her old prejudices.

她努力摆脱自己原有的偏见。
core 出售资产；剥离业务

📖 在商业语境中，公司把子公司、股份或其他资产卖掉，从而“剥离”它们、让自己不再持有。这是“去掉、摆脱”概念在金融领域的用法。

💡 常见句型是“公司 divest 资产”或“公司 divest itself of 资产”，也常见被动形式表示某项业务被剥离。这个义项主要用于商业、金融和公司报道，宾语通常是子公司、股份、业务部门或其他资产。不要把它理解成普通的投资或暂时转让，重点是通过出售退出持有关系。

transitive

The company plans to divest its overseas subsidiary next year.

这家公司计划明年出售其海外子公司。
rare 脱去衣物

📖 古旧用法中，它直接表示把衣物脱掉，正是“剥去外层”这一最具体的原始画面。

archaic transitive

divests present,singular,third-person divesting participle,present divested participle,past divested past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 4 组

remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; ;

同义词集: strip undress divest disinvest

The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim

She divested herself of her outdoor clothes

He disinvested himself of his garments

上位: remove, take, take away, withdraw

reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); ;

同义词集: divest disinvest

The company decided to divest

the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property

There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa

反义: commit, invest, place, put 上位: draw, draw off, take out, withdraw

take away possessions from someone

同义词集: deprive strip divest

The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets

上位: take 下位: clean, disarm, orphan, unarm

deprive of status or authority;

同义词集: divest disinvest

he was divested of his rights and his title

They disinvested themselves of their rights

反义: enthrone, invest, vest 上位: discharge, free

🌳 词源

词源上与“脱去衣物”有关；现代抽象义和商业义都保留了“去掉、使脱离”的核心概念。

Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”).

🔄 变式

divested past divesting present divests present

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