“The survey interviewed 421 children whose families live in poverty and measured their deprivation through nine indicators.”
Brief description of the news: Recent survey conducted by some organizations showed that the poverty children usually have emotional problems.Social Welfare Department hence examined the reasons by the mean of interviewing 421 poverty-stricken children.
deprivation(n.)
Cambridge:when you do not have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a pleasant life:
Sentence:The economic deprivation from sending the troops reaches nearly 300 million.
Tags: deprivation, nouns
October 20, 2007 at 5:34 am |
I saw this word in verb form on the main news yesterday. It is “deprive”. We use this word as a phrasal verb(deprive sb/sth of sth) and the meaning is “to take something important or necessary away from someone or something”. For example, “He was deprived of love.”.
October 30, 2007 at 12:45 am |
When we learn a word, it is important to know what is the meaning of the word, how do we use it and any related words.
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