deprivation

英 [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn]

美 [ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃn]

n.  缺乏; 贫困; 丧失; 剥夺

复数：deprivations　

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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

• These results could be explained by the dual mechanisms of self-evaluation and affection in relative deprivation theory.
  研究采用相对剥夺理论的自我评价-情感双通路机制来解释这些结果。
• 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。
• More recent studies have tied chronic partial sleep deprivation to medical problems, including obesity, diabetes and hypertension.
  更多的近来的研究把慢性部分睡眠剥夺和医学疾病联系到了一起，包括肥胖，糖尿病和高血压。
• Then both groups were subjected to 22 straight hours of sleep deprivation.
  两组人都被剥夺了整整22小时的睡眠时间。
• 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。
• Sleep allows our brain to rest* Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.
  睡眠可以让我们的大脑休息，长期的睡眠不足，会加速脑细胞的死亡。
• Form deprivation can induce high myopia.
  结论：形觉剥夺可导致高度近视眼；
• Women have historically been subjected to social injustice and educational deprivation.
  长期以来，妇女在社会中一直受到不公正的待遇并被剥夺受教育的权利。
• The higher education cost-sharing policy was criticized because of a feeling of social deprivation.
  当前社会中存在的对高等教育成本分担政策的责难在于一种受剥夺的社会情绪。
• Studies have demonstrated that sleep deprivation impairs some immune function, according to background information in the article.
  根据这篇文章里的一些背景资料显示，研究表明缺乏睡眠会破坏某些免疫系统的功能。