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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Michael's work had taught him that the poor would never have consented to part with their children, even though keeping them would always mean privation and suffering.
  迈克尔的工作使他意识到，穷人们是决不肯和子女分离的，即使赡养子女总使他们沦于贫困和痛苦。
• 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。
• "That is the advantage of privation." answered the doctor.
  “这就是没吃没喝的优点。”博士说。
• 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。