privations

英 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

美 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

n.  贫困; 匮乏; 艰难
privation的复数

双语例句

• She remembered the privations of her soul.
  她想起她被剥夺的灵魂。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They suffered a lot of privations during the war.
  战争时，他们的生活相当困苦。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I drilled him as representing in turn all sorts of people out of luck and suffering dire privations and misfortune.
  我训练他的方法是叫他轮流看代表各种各类的时运不济，受尽苦难的人。