deprivation

英 [depr?'ve??(?)n] 美[,d?pr?'ve??n]
  • n. 剝奪;損失;免職;匱乏;貧困

英英釋意


1. a state of extreme poverty
2. the disadvantage that results from losing something;
"his loss of credibility led to his resignation"
"losing him is no great deprivation"
3. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights;
"nutritional privation"
"deprivation of civil rights"