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

• 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。
• 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；
• Ignorance is mere privation.
  无知是一种纯粹的贫乏。
• 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。
• 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。
• Undergo great hardship, suffering, privation, etc.
  遭受极度的艰难、困苦、贫困等。
• 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。
• I knew that you went out from home in America because of a privation of high conduct.
  我知道你离开在美国的家乡正是有感于你缺乏高尚的品质。
• 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。
• She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
  她觉得没有汽车并非重大缺憾。