privations

英 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

美 [praɪˈveɪʃənz]

n.  贫困; 匮乏; 艰难
privation的复数

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His early privations have sunk deeply into his memory.
  他早期的苦难生活一直深深地印在他的脑海里。
• She remembered the privations of her soul.
  她想起她被剥夺的灵魂。
• 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。