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

• To discipline ( one's body and physical appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.
  抑制通过克己或自我苦行的方式抑制（一个人的身体或物质欲望）
• A mother's love is so strong and unyielding that it endures all circumstances; good fortune and misfortune, prosperity and privation, honor and disgrace.
  母亲的爱坚强不屈，它可以忍受任何环境；幸运与不幸，富足与贫困，荣耀与屈辱。
• Ignorance is mere privation.
  无知是一种纯粹的贫乏。
• 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。
• I knew that you went out from home in America because of a privation of high conduct.
  我知道你离开在美国的家乡正是有感于你缺乏高尚的品质。
• He could not find an adequate motive in Mr. Butler's life of pinching and privation.
  他认为巴特勒先生那种积攒困苦的生活动机未必恰当。
• Meanwhile, the bulk of his people suffer privation and myriad hardships.
  而与此同时，朝鲜大部分人民则生活在水深火热之中。
• 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。
• Undergo great hardship, suffering, privation, etc.
  遭受极度的艰难、困苦、贫困等。
• Rethinking of Social Welfare Privation Policy& Based on Elderly Service
  社会福利社会化政策的反思&以养老服务为例