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

• Rethinking of Social Welfare Privation Policy& Based on Elderly Service
  社会福利社会化政策的反思&以养老服务为例
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• His father returned a negative, and then for the first time it occurred to Angel that her pride had stood in her way, and that she had suffered privation.
  他的父亲回答说没有，这时候安琪尔才第一次想到这是她的自尊妨碍了她来要钱，才想到她因为没有钱用而受了苦了。