(of an action or state) marked by the absence, removal, or loss of some quality or attribute that is normally present (行为,状态)缺乏(或排除、失去)某种品质(或属性)的 ■(of a statement or term) denoting the absence or loss of an attribute or quality (叙述,说法)缺失某属性(或品质)的 parliament may insert a privative clause to achieve this result. 为实现目标议会可能增加一项缺乏特性的条文。 ■(Grammar)(of a particle or affix) expressing absence or negation, for example the Greek a-, meaning ‘not’, in atypical (语法)(小品词,词缀)表示“缺乏”、“否定”的(如atypical中的a-表示“不”)
语源
late 16th cent.: from Latin privativus 'denoting privation', from privat- 'deprived' (see privation)