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

• "That is the advantage of privation." answered the doctor.
  “这就是没吃没喝的优点。”博士说。
• Poor people living in conditions of squalor and privation.
  生活在肮脏而又贫困环境中的穷人。
• During peace time, some extremist and totalitarianism elements in the positive liberty should be abandoned, but the responsibility and participation elements in the negative liberty should be affirmed in the political privation.
  在和平时期，积极自由中的某些过激和集权的因素应被人们抛弃，但其中的负责和参与因素在政治私人化中需要肯定。
• She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
  她觉得没有汽车并非重大缺憾。
• Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of all awareness;
  让你自己习惯于相信，死亡对我们一无所是，因为善恶隐含对意识的要求，而死亡是对所有意识的剥夺；
• All are careful to sound as if they believe that fiscal privation is the road to salvation.
  他们都表现得相当谨慎，就好像他们相信：财政上捉襟见肘是救赎之路。
• Despite the privation, and the mounting toll of dead and wounded, however, morale remained intact, and people still smile in the street.
  尽管供应不足，伤亡增加，然而士气并未受到影响。街上，人们照常脸有笑容。
• He looked upon privation as no hardship.
  他不把忍饥受冻当作什么苦难。
• Ignorance is mere privation.
  无知是一种纯粹的贫乏。
• They could have found a certain happiness in helping each other's privation.
  他们在彼此互助，分担患难中，还找得到一种快乐。