without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life 贫穷的;贫困的;穷苦的 a deprived childhood/background/area 贫穷的童年/出身/地区 economically/emotionally/socially deprived 经济困难的;感情失落的;社会遗弃的
Synonyms poorpoor- disadvantaged
- needy
- impoverished
- deprived
- penniless
- hard up
- poor having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs:
They were too poor to buy shoes for the kids. 他们穷得没钱给孩子买鞋穿。
- disadvantaged having less money and fewer opportunities than most people in society:
socially disadvantaged sections of the community 该社区社会地位低下的贫困阶层
- needy poor:
It’s a charity that provides help for needy children. 这是一个为贫困孩子提供援助的慈善机构。
- impoverished (journalism
) poor: 指缺乏生活必需品的、贫困的: Thousands of impoverished peasants are desperate to move to the cities. 成千上万赤贫的农民急切盼望搬到城里去。
- deprived
[usually before noun] without enough food, education, and all the things that are necessary for people to live a happy and comfortable life 指贫穷的、穷困的、穷苦的
poor, needy, impoverished or deprived? Poor is the most general of these words and can be used to describe yourself, another individual person, people as a group, or a country or an area. Needy is mostly used to describe people considered as a group: it is not used to talk about yourself or individual people: poor/needy children/families • They were too needy to buy shoes for the kids. Impoverished is used, especially in journalism, to talk about poor countries and the people who live there. To talk about poor areas in rich countries, use deprived.用 poor、needy、impoverished 还是 deprived? - penniless (literary
) having no money; very poor: 指一文不名的、穷困的: He died penniless in Paris. 他死于巴黎,死时身无分文。
- hard up (informal
) having very little money, especially for a short period of time: 尤指暂时拮据、缺钱: I was always hard up as a student. 我当学生时总是很拮据。
- poor/disadvantaged/needy/impoverished/deprived/penniless/hard-up people/families
- poor/disadvantaged/needy/impoverished/deprived areas
- poor/disadvantaged/impoverished countries
- a(n) poor/disadvantaged/impoverished/deprived background
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2children who are deprived of love 没人关爱的孩子们 emotionally deprived children 缺乏情感关怀的孩子们 plants that are totally deprived of light 完全见不到光的植物 He had a deprived childhood in a London slum. 他在伦敦的贫民窟度过了贫困的童年。 It's a very deprived area, with no amenities. 那是个非常贫困的地区,没有基本的生活设施。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- extremely
- severely
- very
- …
- of
- -deprived
suffering from a lack of the thing mentioned 被剥夺: 缺乏提到的东西The American adult population is chronically sleep-deprived. 美国成年人长期睡眠不足。 This movie is seriously humour-deprived. 这部电影严重缺乏幽默。