名詞 privation:

1. a state of extreme poverty
   同義詞：want, deprivation, neediness
2. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
   同義詞：deprivation

1. Cold is the privation of heat.
   所謂冷就是缺乏熱量。
2. The survivors suffered many privations before they were rescued.
   那些生還者在獲救以前備嘗艱辛。
3. She didn'tfind the lack of a car any great privation.
   她覺得沒有汽車并非重大缺憾。
4. It would be the greatest imaginable privation for her to have to leave London.
   對她來說，不得不離開倫敦大概是能想像到的最大的損失。

pri.va.tion

n.（名詞）

Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life.
匱乏：缺乏生存必需的東西或生活的舒適
The condition resulting from such lack.
貧困，困苦：這種匱乏導(dǎo)致的狀況
An act, condition, or result of deprivation or loss.
喪失：失去或剝奪的動作、狀況或結(jié)果

來源：
Middle English privacion
中古英語 privacion
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin prov3tiô prov3tiôn-
源自 拉丁語 prov3tiô prov3tiôn-
from prov3tus [past participle of] prov3re [to deprive] * see private
源自 prov3tus [] prov3re的過去分詞 [剝奪，奪去] *參見 private