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

• The conversion of state-owned property to privately owned property is called privation.
  国家所有的财务转变为私人所有称作私有化。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We can live rough a bit. but with the coming of winter and too lavish contributions to her family's support, privation stares her in the face.
  我们可以凑合着过几天艰苦生活。可是冬天一来，加上她给家里过多的生活费，她面临贫困艰难的处境。
• 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。