mid-14c., "action of depriving," from Old French privacion and directly from Latin privationem (nominative privatio) "a taking away," noun of action from past participle stem of privare "deprive" (see private (adj.)). Meaning "want of life's comforts or of some necessity" is attested from 1790.
双语例句
1. Cold is the privation of heat.
所谓冷就是缺乏热量.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. It will be 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. 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。
来自辞典例句
4. She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
她觉得没有汽车并非重大缺憾.
来自辞典例句
5. It was a bleak period of present privation and threatening disaster.