n. 缺乏, 穷困
n. 贫困；丧失；被剥夺了某物的状态
名词复数形式:privations
1、That is the advantage of privation. answered the doctor.
这就是没吃没喝的优点。博士说。
2、It was a bleak period of present privation and threatening disaster.
那是一个暂时匮乏和灾难迫在眉睫的清凉时代。
3、The conversion of stateowned property to privately owned property is called privation.
国家所有的财务转变为私人所有称作私有化。
4、He could not find an adequate motive in Mr. Butler's life of pinching and privation.
他认为巴特勒先生那种积攒困苦的生活动机未必恰当。
5、It would is the greatest imaginable privation for her to have to leave London.
对她来说，不得不离开伦敦大概是能想像到的最大的损失。
6、But if consumable survival is something which must always increase, this is because it continues to contain privation.
可消费的生存必须始终增加，因为它继续内含贫穷。