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

• She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
  她觉得没有汽车并非重大缺憾。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To discipline ( one's body and physical appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.
  抑制通过克己或自我苦行的方式抑制（一个人的身体或物质欲望）
• He looked upon privation as no hardship.
  他不把忍饥受冻当作什么苦难。
• Poor people living in conditions of squalor and privation.
  生活在肮脏而又贫困环境中的穷人。
• 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。
• Then came a long period of bodily privation, of daily hunger after food.
  接着，身体上又受到了长期的煎熬，每天挨着饥饿。
• Undergo great hardship, suffering, privation, etc.
  遭受极度的艰难、困苦、贫困等。