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
- Ignorance is mere privation.
无知是一种纯粹的贫乏。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He looked upon privation as no hardship.
他不把忍饥受冻当作什么苦难。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。