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suffer privation
此义通常为不可数名词，指极端贫困的状态。
Millions suffered privation during the famine.
数百万人在饥荒中生活贫困。
穷困；贫困
privations — plural of privation
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穷困；贫困
a state of extreme poverty
Millions suffered privation during the famine.
数百万人在饥荒中生活贫困。
缺乏或丧失原有或应有的属性；这种属性的缺失。
The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
贫困；匮乏；生活必需品的缺乏。
The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
剥夺某人基本必需品的行为；剥夺。
The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
After years of war and privation, the village slowly began to recover.
经过多年的战争和贫困，这个村庄慢慢开始恢复。
The soldiers endured great privation during the long winter campaign.
士兵们在漫长的冬季战役中忍受了极大的匮乏。
She wrote about the privations of life in the remote mountain region.
她写到了偏远山区生活的种种匮乏。
此义通常为不可数名词，指极端贫困的状态。
Millions suffered privation during the famine.
数百万人在饥荒中生活贫困。
此义指被剥夺权利、食物等，常与of连用。
They protested against the privation of their civil liberties.
他们抗议公民自由被剥夺。
复数形式privations常用于指战争、贫困等带来的具体艰难。
She wrote about the privations of life in the refugee camp.
她写到难民营生活的种种匮乏。
Not this
He needs some privation to think.
Use this
He needs some privacy to think.
privation 意为“贫困、匮乏”，不是 private 的名词形式；表示“隐私”要用 privacy。用 privation 会完全改变句意。
Not this
The family was very privation during the war.
Use this
The family was very poor during the war.
privation 是名词，不能放在 be 动词后作表语形容词，也不能受 very 修饰；表示“穷困的”应用形容词 poor 或 deprived。
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遭受匮乏；受苦
Thousands of people suffered privation during the famine.
饥荒期间成千上万的人遭受匮乏。
忍受艰难困苦
The explorers endured many privations in the Arctic.
探险者们在北极忍受了许多艰难困苦。
战时的物资匮乏
Life was hard because of wartime privations.
由于战时的物资匮乏，生活很艰难。
极度贫困
They were living in extreme privation after losing their jobs.
失去工作后，他们过着极度贫困的生活。
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联想 deprive（剥夺）：privation 就是被剥夺后的穷困与缺乏，记住 pr- 开头表示被拿走。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式文献、文学描写 privation 多用于正式或文学语境，指贫困或丧失；日常口语较少见。
这些词都以 -ation 结尾，重读音节中的 /eɪʃən/ 与 privation /praɪˈveɪʃən/ 押韵。注意 private /ˈpraɪvɪt/ 和 national /ˈnæʃənəl/ 虽与相关词拼写相近，但发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.