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

• 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。
• 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。
• Today, on a Moment of Science, we're conducting an experiment on sleep deprivation.
  在今天的“科学一刻”中，我们来对睡眠剥夺作一个实验。
• Form deprivation can induce high myopia.
  结论：形觉剥夺可导致高度近视眼；
• 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。
• Marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences.
  特指受到了丧失生活必需品和健康的环境的影响。
• 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。
• AbstractObjectiveTo explore the effect of shortterm total sleep deprivation on the temperature regulation and growth of young rats.
  目的通过建立完全性睡眠剥夺的幼鼠模型，探讨短期完全性睡眠剥夺对幼鼠体温调节及生长的影响。
• 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。
• The report, called 'Child Poverty and Deprivation in the UK', makes for depressing reading.
  题为“英国儿童的贫困状况”的报告让人读起来心情沉重。