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privation

英 [praɪˈveɪʃn]

美 [praɪˈveɪʃn]

n.  贫困; 匮乏; 艰难

复数:privations 

GRE

BNC.20449 / COCA.24072

牛津词典

    noun

    • 贫困;匮乏;艰难
      a lack of the basic things that people need for living
      1. the privations of poverty
        艰难困苦
      2. They endured years of suffering and privation.
        他们饱受多年的煎熬与贫困。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-UNCOUNT 贫困;贫乏;困苦
      If you sufferprivationorprivations, you have to live without many of the things that are thought to be necessary in life, such as food, clothing, or comfort.
      1. They endured five years of privation during the second world war...
        第二次世界大战期间,他们忍受了5年的贫困生活。
      2. The privations of monastery life were evident in his appearance.
        从他的外表来看可以明显看出修道院生活的清贫。

    英英释义

    noun

    • act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
      1. nutritional privation
      2. deprivation of civil rights
      Synonym:deprivation
    • a state of extreme poverty
        Synonym:wantdeprivationneediness

      双语例句

      • The conversion of state-owned property to privately owned property is called privation.
        国家所有的财务转变为私人所有称作私有化。
      • Michael's work had taught him that the poor would never have consented to part with their children, even though keeping them would always mean privation and suffering.
        迈克尔的工作使他意识到,穷人们是决不肯和子女分离的,即使赡养子女总使他们沦于贫困和痛苦。
      • Undergo great hardship, suffering, privation, etc.
        遭受极度的艰难、困苦、贫困等。
      • He looked upon privation as no hardship.
        他不把忍饥受冻当作什么苦难。
      • "That is the advantage of privation." answered the doctor.
        “这就是没吃没喝的优点。”博士说。
      • He was a mere boy in years twenty-one about but with a body lank and long, because of privation.
        论年龄他还只是个孩子大约21岁但是由于贫困,身材却长得又瘦又长。
      • His father returned a negative, and then for the first time it occurred to Angel that her pride had stood in her way, and that she had suffered privation.
        他的父亲回答说没有,这时候安琪尔才第一次想到这是她的自尊妨碍了她来要钱,才想到她因为没有钱用而受了苦了。
      • Whilst prone to make a great ado about little hurts, these men bear intense suffering and privation with magnificent stoicism.
        由于小伤小痛容易带来不必要的麻烦,这些工人强忍辛劳与疼痛,令人惊叹。
      • It would is the greatest imaginable privation for her to have to leave London.
        对她来说,不得不离开伦敦大概是能想像到的最大的损失。
      • Then came a long period of bodily privation, of daily hunger after food.
        接着,身体上又受到了长期的煎熬,每天挨着饥饿。