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

• 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。
• 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。
• A mother's love is so strong and unyielding that it endures all circumstances; good fortune and misfortune, prosperity and privation, honor and disgrace.
  母亲的爱坚强不屈，它可以忍受任何环境；幸运与不幸，富足与贫困，荣耀与屈辱。
• Whilst prone to make a great ado about little hurts, these men bear intense suffering and privation with magnificent stoicism.
  由于小伤小痛容易带来不必要的麻烦，这些工人强忍辛劳与疼痛，令人惊叹。
• She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
  她觉得没有汽车并非重大缺憾。
• 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。
• He looked upon privation as no hardship.
  他不把忍饥受冻当作什么苦难。
• 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。
• 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。