privation
privation
[prʌɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
[prʌɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
- [mass noun]a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking
（吃、穿等生活必需品的）匮乏，贫困
years of rationing and privation.
限量供应，物质匮乏的岁月。
[count noun]the privations of life at the front.
前线匮乏困苦的生活。
■(formal)the loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present
(正式)丧失，缺乏
cold is the privation of heat.
冷就是热量的缺失。
- Middle English: from Latin privatio(n-), from privat- 'deprived', from the verb privare (see private)
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- unreality n.非现实，不存在之物
- unrealize vt.使不真实，使不实在，使成幻想
- unreaped adj.未收割的，没有收获的
- unreason n.无理性
- unreasonable adj.不合理的，荒唐的,非理智的，不讲理的,（收费等）不当的,过度的
- unreasonableness n.无理性,横逆
- unreasonably adv.不合理地
- unreasoningly adv.无理智地，不合理地
- unreceipted adj.未签收的，无收条（或发票）的，未注明已收讫的
- unreceptive adj.不会接受（或容纳）的，反应不快的，接受能力不强的
- unreckonable adj.不可计算（或估计）的，难预测的
- unreckoned adj.未经计算的，未经估计的
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