名词

1. I had suffered such privations.
我曾经经历过这样的困苦。

2. Cold is the privation of heat.
所谓冷就是缺乏热量。

1. 缺失：丑仅仅是相对的存在的缺失(privation)而已. 实际上,奥古斯丁这些断言并非全新的思想,古希腊罗马哲学家如亚里士多德和西塞罗(Cicero)就曾是这样看的. 但奥古斯丁把这些思想与基督宗教神学观念结合了起来,这就形成了新的美学观念.

2. 缺乏：privately 私下地 | privation 缺乏 | privatism 个人主义

3. 丧失;缺乏;贫困;艰难：private table 保密表 | privation 丧失;缺乏;贫困;艰难 | privatisation 私有化

1. 贫困；贫乏；困苦
If you suffer privation or privations, you have to live without many of the things that are thought to be necessary in life, such as food, clothing, or comfort.

e.g. They endured five years of privation during the second world war...
第二次世界大战期间，他们忍受了5年的贫困生活。
e.g. 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。

noun

1. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights

e.g. nutritional privation
deprivation of civil rights

Synonym: deprivation

2. a state of extreme poverty

Synonym: wantdeprivationneediness