Wordiyodeprivation
🇬🇧 UK/.depri'veiʃәn/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC1
Definitions
n.
The state of lacking basic necessities or comforts; the act of taking something away from someone.
匮乏；剥夺；缺乏基本生活条件
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.economic deprivation经济匮乏
- 2.social deprivation社会剥夺
- 3.sensory deprivation感觉剥夺
Example Sentences
- 1.
Children living in deprivation often struggle with educational achievement.
- 2.
Sensory deprivation experiments study how the brain adapts.