the fact of not having something that you need, like enough food, money or a home; the process that causes this 贫困;丧失;剥夺 In the inner cities you will find neglected children suffering from social deprivation. 在内城区总能看到遭社会遗弃无人照管的儿童。 a study of the effects of sleep deprivation 睡眠缺失影响的研究 the deprivation of war (= the suffering caused by not having enough of some things) 战时的物品匮乏 the deprivations and hardships resulting from the blockade 封锁造成的贫困和困难
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2Many of the people suffered severe deprivation. 这些人中有许多生活穷困潦倒。 an area of acute social and economic deprivation 社会福利严重缺失、经济极度贫困的地区 The latest government initiative aims to reduce rural unemployment and deprivation. 政府的最新举措旨在减少农村的失业和贫困。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- extreme
- severe
- relative
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- experience
- suffer
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘removal from office’): from medieval Latin deprivatio(n-), from the verb deprivare, from de- ‘away, completely’ + privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.