deprivation

英 [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn]

美 [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn]

n.  缺乏; 贫困; 丧失; 剥夺

复数：deprivations　

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BNC.6057 / COCA.9193

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；贫困；丧失；剥夺
  the fact of not having sth that you need, like enough food, money or a home; the process that causes this
  1. neglected children suffering from social deprivation
     遭社会遗弃无人照管的孩子
  2. sleep deprivation
     睡眠缺乏
  3. the deprivation of war (= the suffering caused by not having enough of some things)
     战时的物品匮乏

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 剥夺;丧失;贫困;匮乏
  If you sufferdeprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
  1. ...long-term patients who face a life of deprivation...
     面临终生贫困的长期病患
  2. Millions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.
     另外还有数百万人因工作时间过长而睡眠严重不足。
  3. ...the effects of social deprivations on families.
     社会权利丧失对家庭的影响

英英释义

noun

• act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
  1. nutritional privation
  2. deprivation of civil rights
  Synonym:privation
• the disadvantage that results from losing something
  1. his loss of credibility led to his resignation
  2. losing him is no great deprivation
  Synonym:loss
• a state of extreme poverty
  Synonym:privationwantneediness

双语例句

• Studies have demonstrated that sleep deprivation impairs some immune function, according to background information in the article.
  根据这篇文章里的一些背景资料显示，研究表明缺乏睡眠会破坏某些免疫系统的功能。
• Suicide is often connected with socio-economic deprivation.
  自杀经常与社会经济权利的丧失有关。
• Psychoanalysts tend to regard both sadism and masochism as arising from childhood deprivation.
  精神分析学家往往认为施虐狂和受虐狂都是由于儿时缺乏关爱造成的。
• Sleep allows our brain to rest* Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.
  睡眠可以让我们的大脑休息，长期的睡眠不足，会加速脑细胞的死亡。
• "effects of sleep deprivation on health and well-being had been documented by research." Sufficient sleep makes us feel better, happier more vigorous and vital.
  剥夺睡眠对健康和幸福的影响已经被研究证实了。充足的睡眠让我们感觉更好，更快乐，更有精力和活力。
• Sleep deprivation alters levels of the hormones that regulate food intake and body fat and increase hunger and appetite.
  缺乏睡眠会改变体内控制食物摄取和体脂肪的激素水平，增加饥饿感，促进食欲。
• It has designed mankind to cope with deprivation, not plenty.
  进化已将人类设定好了，它使人类能对付匮乏，却不会应对富足。
• Today, on a Moment of Science, we're conducting an experiment on sleep deprivation.
  在今天的“科学一刻”中，我们来对睡眠剥夺作一个实验。
• AbstractObjectiveTo explore the effect of shortterm total sleep deprivation on the temperature regulation and growth of young rats.
  目的通过建立完全性睡眠剥夺的幼鼠模型，探讨短期完全性睡眠剥夺对幼鼠体温调节及生长的影响。
• These results could be explained by the dual mechanisms of self-evaluation and affection in relative deprivation theory.
  研究采用相对剥夺理论的自我评价-情感双通路机制来解释这些结果。