Privation
[ prai'veiʃən ]
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n. （生活必需品的）匮乏，贫困;
📝 例句
indurate oneself to privation and suffering
使自己能吃苦耐劳
Ignorance is mere privation.
无知是一种纯粹的贫乏。
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。
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。
🌱 联想助记
【记】deprive-剥夺,privation-贫困:被剥夺后就会贫困
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
privation
n
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1 [C usu pl, U 作可数名词时通常作复数, 亦作不可数名词]
lack of things necessary for life; deprivation （生活必需品的）匮乏; 贫困
The survivors suffered many privations before they were rescued. 那些生还者在获救以前备尝艰辛.
a life of privation and misery 贫苦的生活.
2 [C] state of being deprived of sth (not necessarily sth essential) （某事物之）被剥夺（不一定为必需之事物）; 丧失
She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation. 她觉得没有汽车并非重大缺憾.
It would be 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.
🔁 扩展释义
*[prai'veiʃәn]n. 缺乏, 穷困
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Five years of happiness. Happy anniversary.
为了五年的幸福。祝你结婚五年快乐！
Storms make trees take deeper roots.
风暴使树木深深扎根。
Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven.
两小时后，我气呼呼地同威斯特海温站站长说起此事。