deprivation
n
1 [U]
(a) depriving or being deprived 剥夺
suffer deprivation of one´s rights as a citizen 公民权遭到剥夺.
(b) state of not having the normal benefits of adequate food, etc; poverty 贫乏; 穷困
widespread deprivation caused by unemployment 由失业造成的普遍贫困现象.
2 [C] thing of which one is deprived 被剥夺的事物; 丧失的事物
Missing the holiday was a great deprivation. 错过假日是极大的损失.