privations

英 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

美 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

n.  贫困; 匮乏; 艰难
privation的复数

双语例句

• She remembered the privations of her soul.
  她想起她被剥夺的灵魂。
• And therein lies their biggest problem, Steinfeld writes: their parents and grandparents want to live through them, counting on their only offspring to make up for the privations of decades.
  斯坦菲尔德写道，这就带来了他们最大的问题：父母及祖父母把希望全寄托在他们身上，指望自己唯一的后代弥补数十年的艰辛。
• He had, as Thomas said, rather overdone the Lenten privations, and they had gone to his head like strong wine.
  正如托马斯所说的那样，他执行四旬斋戒过于严格了。他就像喝了烈性酒一样。
• The good grace with which they face the latest privations makes the mind boggle
  他们面对最近的贫困所表现出的坦然令人难以理解。
• THIS is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final haven.
  这里不打算追述摩门教徒们最后定居以前在移民历程中所遭受的苦难情况。
• I remember all the hardships and privations of that earlier day, and from that time until now my heart has been with the working class.
  那时候的种种艰苦和匮乏我记忆犹新，从那时起直到现在，我的心一直始终和工人阶级在一起。
• I drilled him as representing in turn all sorts of people out of luck and suffering dire privations and misfortune.
  我训练他的方法是叫他轮流看代表各种各类的时运不济，受尽苦难的人。
• All enjoyments for some, all privations for the rest, that is to say, for the people; privilege, exception, monopoly, feudalism, born from toil itself.
  全部享受归于几个人，全部贫乏归于其余的人，就是说，归于人民；特权、例外、垄断、封建制都从劳动中产生。
• His early privations have sunk deeply into his memory.
  他早期的苦难生活一直深深地印在他的脑海里。
• Three times as many privations would be easily borne if it were not for the moral shock when one is first taken.
  苦难即使再加两倍，也可以忍受，难以忍受的是初次被捕时精神上所受到的打击。