privation
英 [praɪˈveɪʃn]
美 [praɪˈveɪʃn]
n. 贫困; 匮乏; 艰难
复数：privations
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- the privations of poverty
艰难困苦 - They endured years of suffering and privation.
他们饱受多年的煎熬与贫困。
- the privations of poverty
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.- 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。 - 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。
- They endured five years of privation during the second world war...
英英释义
noun
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
- nutritional privation
- deprivation of civil rights
- a state of extreme poverty
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - Poor people living in conditions of squalor and privation.
生活在肮脏而又贫困环境中的穷人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - "That is the advantage of privation." answered the doctor.
“这就是没吃没喝的优点。”博士说。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。