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privation

/prahy-vey-shuhn/US // praɪˈveɪ ʃən //UK // (praɪˈveɪʃən) //

匮乏,隐私,私有化,匮乏性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
    • : an instance of this.
    • : the act of depriving.
    • : the state of being deprived.

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Examples

  • Yoko Ono, another original member, endured terrible privations in wartime Japan.

  • This last man standing, in the case of both groups, will have to overcome a thousand dangers, face every kind of privation, perhaps migrate to other zones and even evade the hostility of humans.

  • Possible redemption comes in the form of Orlando (Jeremy Renner), a magician determined to save Ewa from a live of privation.

  • The distinctive horror of Joseph Heller's war is not body-crushing violence or stomach-squeezing privation.

  • We had escaped gloom and privation and would wake up in a place where food and warmth were available down the street.

  • She was delicate and unaccustomed to privation and discomfort—and the cottage had its disadvantages.

  • The poor fellow had so weakened his stomach by privation, that he died from eating a good meal given him by a kind friend.

  • One had lost all his little store of grain gathered from the gleaning, or bought by great privation for the winter's nourishment.

  • The memorial is of bronze, and tells a story of privation and suffering, but of glorious heroism, and victory even in death.

  • We reconciled ourselves as we might to this privation, and after dining proceeded onward.

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