Privation

[ prai'vei??n ]
出國 Abroad
n. （生活必需品的）匱乏，貧困;
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?? 例句

indurate oneself to privation and suffering
使自己能吃苦耐勞
Ignorance is mere privation.
無知是一種純粹的貧乏。
Then came a long period of bodily privation, of daily hunger after food.
接著，身體上又受到了長期的煎熬，每天挨著饑餓。
He looked upon privation as no hardship.
他不把忍饑受凍當作什么苦難。
They could have found a certain happiness in helping each other's privation.
他們在彼此互助，分擔患難中，還找得到一種快樂。

?? 聯想助記

【記】deprive-剝奪,privation-貧困:被剝奪后就會貧困

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?? 牛津釋義

privation n (fml 文) 1 [C usu pl, U 作可數名詞時通常作復數, 亦作不可數名詞] lack of things necessary for life; deprivation （生活必需品的）匱乏; 貧困 The survivors suffered many privations before they were rescued. 那些生還者在獲救以前備嘗艱辛. a life of privation and misery 貧苦的生活. 2 [C] state of being deprived of sth (not necessarily sth essential) （某事物之）被剝奪（不一定為必需之事物）; 喪失 She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation. 她覺得沒有汽車并非重大缺憾. It would be the greatest imaginable privation for her to have to leave London. 對她來說, 不得不離開倫敦大概是能想像到的最大的損失.

?? 擴展釋義

*[prai'vei??n]n. 缺乏, 窮困

?? 同為「GRE」詞匯

stickler n. 堅持…的人;
ample adj. 足夠的;充足的，豐富的;寬敞的，廣大的;富裕的;
explicit adj. 明確的，清楚的;直言的;詳述的;不隱瞞的;
convulsion n. [醫]抽搐;大笑;震動;動亂;
skimp vt.& vi. 少用;少給;克扣;節省;
apathy n. 漠然;冷淡;無興趣;無動于衷;
fervid adj. 充滿激情的，熱烈的;
outmoded adj. 過時的;不流行的; v. 使過時( outmode的過去式和過去分詞 );
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??? 情景例句

Thank you again.
再次感謝。
Which one is more delicious.
哪一個是比較好吃的？
We just caught the plane
我們剛好趕上了飛機。
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