【GRE 3000】Privation
People here were suffering from years of rationing and privation.
這裡的人遭受多年的糧食配給和貧困
Privation
發音:[praɪ'veʃən]
字義:貧困
解析:
Privation,類似Poverty(貧窮),Privation和Deprived(被剝奪)同源,所以Privation的貧困是因為基本生活條件受到剝奪,比方戰爭或天災。所以Privation有缺乏(Lack)、失去(Loss, Absence)的含意,比方:The privation of happiness is being with you. (跟你在一起我不再幸福快樂)
問題:最貧窮的英文是哪個字?
Hard up
【口語】手頭緊
I’m a bit hard up at the moment.
(我現在手頭有點緊)
Down and out
【口語】窮落魄
He is a down-and-out student.
(他是個窮書生)
Poor, 一般的窮
Dirt poor,窮得要命,窮得一團爛泥
Poverty, 貧窮,飯都沒得吃
Poverty-stricken,非常貧窮,Stricken,受侵襲
Penniless,窮光蛋,等於broke:
Uncle Creepy was jobless and penniless.
(怪叔叔是沒工作的窮光蛋)
Impoverished,貧窮
這種貧窮不是自己造成,比方共產主義讓百姓變窮:
Mao made us impoverished peasant farmers.
(毛把我們變成窮佃農)
Pauperized,像乞丐一樣窮
這種貧窮通常是自己造成
Pauper(乞丐),Pauperize(變乞丐)
Impecunious,身無分文,或者錢不多
發音:[,ɪmpɪ'kjunɪəs]
Indigence,極度貧窮
發音:['ɪndɪdʒ(ə)ns]
Destitution,赤貧
比Indigence還窮,沒錢、沒朋友、沒未來
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