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

• 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。
• 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。
• He looked upon privation as no hardship.
  他不把忍饥受冻当作什么苦难。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。