deprivation

英 [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn]

美 [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn]

n.  缺乏; 贫困; 丧失; 剥夺

复数：deprivations　

TOEFLGRE医学

BNC.6057 / COCA.9193

牛津词典

noun

• 缺乏；贫困；丧失；剥夺
  the fact of not having sth that you need, like enough food, money or a home; the process that causes this
  1. neglected children suffering from social deprivation
     遭社会遗弃无人照管的孩子
  2. sleep deprivation
     睡眠缺乏
  3. the deprivation of war (= the suffering caused by not having enough of some things)
     战时的物品匮乏

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 剥夺;丧失;贫困;匮乏
  If you sufferdeprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
  1. ...long-term patients who face a life of deprivation...
     面临终生贫困的长期病患
  2. Millions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours.
     另外还有数百万人因工作时间过长而睡眠严重不足。
  3. ...the effects of social deprivations on families.
     社会权利丧失对家庭的影响

英英释义

noun

• act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
  1. nutritional privation
  2. deprivation of civil rights
  Synonym:privation
• the disadvantage that results from losing something
  1. his loss of credibility led to his resignation
  2. losing him is no great deprivation
  Synonym:loss
• a state of extreme poverty
  Synonym:privationwantneediness

双语例句

• Suicide is often connected with socio-economic deprivation.
  自杀经常与社会经济权利的丧失有关。
• If sleep deprivation continues, hallucinations and mood swings may develop.
  如果持续睡眠不足可以出现幻觉和情绪不稳。
• They suffer from deprivation of political and civil rights.
  他们被剥夺了政治权利和公民权利。
• Deprivation of political rights as a supplementary punishment is a kind of specific punishment of China's criminal law.
  附加剥夺政治权利是我国刑法中一种特定的刑罚处罚方法。
• Many patients had dense deprivation amblyopia or other causes of decreased vision.
  许多患儿发生了严重的形觉剥夺性弱视或其他导致视力下降的并发症。
• Many studies make it clear that sleep deprivation is dangerous.
  多实验都证实了睡眠剥夺的危险。
• But they tried sensory deprivation.
  但他们试验了感官丧失。
• It has designed mankind to cope with deprivation, not plenty.
  进化已将人类设定好了，它使人类能对付匮乏，却不会应对富足。
• Psychoanalysts tend to regard both sadism and masochism as arising from childhood deprivation.
  精神分析学家往往认为施虐狂和受虐狂都是由于儿时缺乏关爱造成的。
• The inner-city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation.
  市中心的贫民区充斥着滥用枪支、犯罪、吸毒和贫困问题。