privations

英 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

美 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

n.  贫困; 匮乏; 艰难
privation的复数

双语例句

• The food they use being little susceptible of storing up, they have no accumulation of it, and are often exposed to great privations.
  他们的食物不易储藏，因而没有食物储备，常常极为缺乏生活必需品。
• 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。
• 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。
• Three times as many privations would be easily borne if it were not for the moral shock when one is first taken.
  苦难即使再加两倍，也可以忍受，难以忍受的是初次被捕时精神上所受到的打击。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They suffered a lot of privations during the war.
  战争时，他们的生活相当困苦。
• 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。