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

• 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。
• He looked upon privation as no hardship.
  他不把忍饥受冻当作什么苦难。
• She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
  她觉得没有汽车并非重大缺憾。
• 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。
• 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）
• Ignorance is mere privation.
  无知是一种纯粹的贫乏。
• Poor people living in conditions of squalor and privation.
  生活在肮脏而又贫困环境中的穷人。
• "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。
• 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。