单词 | privation |
释义 | privation /prai'veijn; prafvefan/ n 1 [U, C] lack of the necessaries of life; destitution: 生活必需品的缺乏; 穷困: fall ill through ~; 因缺乏生活必需品而生病; 贫病交加; suffering many ~s. 备尝艰辛。 2 [C] state of being deprived of sth (not necessarily sth essential): 被剥夺某物(不一定为必需品); 丧失; 不便: He found it a great ~ not being allowed to smoke in prison. 他觉得在监狱中禁止吸烟是一件很大的不便。 |
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