privation
英 [praɪˈveɪʃn]
美 [praɪˈveɪʃn]
n. 贫困; 匮乏; 艰难
复数：privations
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- the privations of poverty
艰难困苦 - They endured years of suffering and privation.
他们饱受多年的煎熬与贫困。
- the privations of poverty
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.- 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。 - 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。
- They endured five years of privation during the second world war...
英英释义
noun
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
- nutritional privation
- deprivation of civil rights
- a state of extreme poverty
双语例句
- Ignorance is mere privation.
无知是一种纯粹的贫乏。 - 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。 - 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。 - Undergo great hardship, suffering, privation, etc.
遭受极度的艰难、困苦、贫困等。 - The plea was that of a gaunt-faced man of about thirty, who looked the picture of privation and wretchedness.
求乞的是一个30左右的男人，脸色消瘦憔悴，一副穷困凄惨的模样。 - 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。 - "That is the advantage of privation." answered the doctor.
“这就是没吃没喝的优点。”博士说。 - His death was a great privation to his colleagues.
他的死对他的同事们来说是一个巨大的损失。 - 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。 - 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。