privations

英 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

美 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

n.  贫困; 匮乏; 艰难
privation的复数

双语例句

• The good grace with which they face the latest privations makes the mind boggle
  他们面对最近的贫困所表现出的坦然令人难以理解。
• He had, as Thomas said, rather overdone the Lenten privations, and they had gone to his head like strong wine.
  正如托马斯所说的那样，他执行四旬斋戒过于严格了。他就像喝了烈性酒一样。
• Although poor, he had had the talent to form for himself, by dint of patience, privations, and time, a precious collection of rare copies of every sort.
  虽然穷，他却有能力通过耐心、节约和时间来收藏许多各种类型的善本书。
• And therein lies their biggest problem, Steinfeld writes: their parents and grandparents want to live through them, counting on their only offspring to make up for the privations of decades.
  斯坦菲尔德写道，这就带来了他们最大的问题：父母及祖父母把希望全寄托在他们身上，指望自己唯一的后代弥补数十年的艰辛。
• Indeed I have suffered from the inconveniences of my fortune as a poor man does from those of his privations.
  实在的说，我拥有的一切给我带来麻烦，我为此遭受的痛苦和一个穷人因其贫困而遭受的痛苦是一样的。
• THIS is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final haven.
  这里不打算追述摩门教徒们最后定居以前在移民历程中所遭受的苦难情况。
• All enjoyments for some, all privations for the rest, that is to say, for the people; privilege, exception, monopoly, feudalism, born from toil itself.
  全部享受归于几个人，全部贫乏归于其余的人，就是说，归于人民；特权、例外、垄断、封建制都从劳动中产生。
• The effect of the privations and sufferings which he endured at this time was discernible to the last in his temper and his department.
  他在这时期所受的苦难，其影响所及，在他的性格举止之间暴露无遗。
• Chinese often talk about their capacity to chi ku, or "eat bitterness", which helps explain their resilience amid the chaos and privations of the past century.
  中国人经常说自己能“吃苦”，这让他们能够适应最近一百年的混乱与贫困。
• Lacking adequate provision of fresh water, electricity, sanitation or health care, they suffer privations that all too often provide the tinder for the fires of social unrest.
  他们无法获得足够的淡水、电力、卫生和保健，他们所受的困苦常常成为社会动乱的火种。