privations

英 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

美 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

n.  贫困; 匮乏; 艰难
privation的复数

双语例句

• The privations of monastery life were evident in his appearance.
  从他的外表来看可以明显看出修道院生活的清贫。
• She remembered the privations of her soul.
  她想起她被剥夺的灵魂。
• 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。
• He says it "beareth all things". It covers its own privations so as not to become burdensome to others.
  他说：“爱是凡事包容”，就是包容他人的缺点，不给别人增加压力。
• 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。
• They suffered a lot of privations during the war.
  战争时，他们的生活相当困苦。
• I remember all the hardships and privations of that earlier day, and from that time until now my heart has been with the working class.
  那时候的种种艰苦和匮乏我记忆犹新，从那时起直到现在，我的心一直始终和工人阶级在一起。
• The picture which she had then drawn of the privations of the approaching winter, had proved erroneous;
  当时，她为即将到来的冬天描绘出一幅凄凄凉凉的景象，可结果证明她错了。
• 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。
• 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。