privation
英 [pra?'ve??(?)n]
美[pra?'ve??n]
- n. 貧困；喪失；被剝奪了某物的狀態(tài)
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?privations;
中文詞源
privation 剝奪，喪失，貧困，匱乏，艱難
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)privationem,剝奪，使失去，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)privare,使個(gè)人化，使分開(kāi)，使剝離，詞源同private.引申詞義貧困，喪失，匱乏，艱難等。
英文詞源
- privation (n.)
- mid-14c., "action of depriving," from Old French privacion and directly from Latin privationem (nominative privatio) "a taking away," noun of action from past participle stem of privare "deprive" (see private (adj.)). Meaning "want of life's comforts or of some necessity" is attested from 1790.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Cold is the privation of heat.
- 所謂冷就是缺乏熱量.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. It will be the greatest imaginable privation for her to have to leave london.
- 對(duì)她來(lái)說(shuō),不得不離開(kāi)倫敦大概是能想像到的最大的損失.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. They endured five years of privation during the second world war.
- 第二次世界大戰(zhàn)期間，他們?nèi)淌芰?年的貧困生活。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
- 她覺(jué)得沒(méi)有汽車(chē)并非重大缺憾.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. It was a bleak period of present privation and threatening disaster.
- 那是一個(gè)暫時(shí)匱乏和災(zāi)難迫在眉睫的清涼時(shí)代.
來(lái)自辭典例句