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
- 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。