starvation

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基本釋義

n.
饑餓,餓死

詞性變化

實用例句

to die of/from starvation

餓死

牛津詞典

Millions will face starvation next year as a result of the drought.

由于發(fā)生旱災(zāi),明年將有數(shù)百萬人面臨饑餓的威脅。

牛津詞典

a starvation diet (= one in which you do not have much to eat)

不足果腹的食物

牛津詞典

They were on starvation wages (= extremely low wages) .

他們掙的工資不夠維持基本生活。

牛津詞典

Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.

從年初起,已有 300 多人餓死。

Anorexia nervosa, a form of starvation, may affect adolescent girls.

神經(jīng)性厭食癥是饑餓的一種形式, 它對少女有影響.

期刊摘選

He had to decide between surrender and starvation.

他不得不在投降和餓死之間做出抉擇.

期刊摘選

Starvation is an atrocity, and should never happen in the modern world.

餓死人命是一種暴行, 絕不應(yīng)發(fā)生在現(xiàn)代社會.

期刊摘選

The whole country is threatened with starvation.

整個國家都受到饑餓的威脅.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Many people die of starvation during famines every year.

每年發(fā)生饑荒時都有許多人餓死.

《簡明英漢詞典》

They were threatened with starvation when flood drowned their village.

(洪水淹沒他們村子時他們受到了饑餓的威脅. )

期刊摘選

They were charged with the starvation of children in their care.

他們因為孩子們在他們的照料下挨餓而受到指控.

期刊摘選

The animals had died of starvation.

動物因饑餓而死亡.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The way the man ate lent colour to his story of near starvation.

那人吃東西的那副饞相使人相信他說的險些要餓死的話是真的.

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.

我們靠著野菜才沒被餓死.

《簡明英漢詞典》

In the towns of central Greece, starvation provided plenty of recruits.

在希臘中部城市, 饑荒促使大批人士參加了戰(zhàn)斗.

辭典例句

The poor old man died of starvation.

那個可憐的老人被餓死了.

期刊摘選

They are up against starvation.

他們正面臨饑餓.

《簡明英漢詞典》

When the empire fell to pieces , the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

當這些船艦毀于一旦時, 他們的國家也面臨著洪水和饑荒的災(zāi)難.

期刊摘選

Large numbers of people had to struggle on the verge of starvation.

那時許多人不得不在饑餓的邊緣上掙扎.

期刊摘選

In March two children died of starvation.

在三月份,兩個孩子死于饑荒.

期刊摘選

It is forced on us by our ecnomic system as the alternative to starvation.

我們的經(jīng)濟制度把它強加在我們身上,不然只有餓死的份兒.

期刊摘選

But the reaction to starvation differs immensely, based on spiritual orientation.

但取決于個人的精神導向,人們對饑餓的態(tài)度是有著極大不同的.

期刊摘選

Disease often follows on starvation because the body is weakened.

疾病的產(chǎn)生往往是由于饑餓的緣故,因為身體很虛弱.

《簡明英漢詞典》

But the risk of a secondary catastrophe, of disease and starvation, remained high.

不過,緬甸再次面臨疾病和饑餓等災(zāi)害的風險依然很高.

期刊摘選

Wild fruit kept us from dying of starvation.

我們靠著野果才沒被餓死.

《簡明英漢詞典》

After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.

3天沒吃東西, 這些人都快餓死了.

《簡明英漢詞典》

The enemy must decide between surrender and starvation.

敵人必須做出投降或是餓死的抉擇.

《簡明英漢詞典》

Relief workers say it's worse than ever as disease and starvation combine to kill thousands.

救災(zāi)人員說疾病加上饑餓奪去了數(shù)千人的生命,嚴重程度前所未有。

柯林斯例句

真題例句

The average international runway model has a body mass index under 16—low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization's standard.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

The average international runway model has a body mass index BMI under 16—low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization's standard.

2016年12月四級真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C

But he is also working at a far more fundamental level: his staff show people how to make floating gardens and fish ponds prevent starvation during the wet season.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文

But my connection with pandas goes back to my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, when I was the first western TV reporter permitted to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild.

2016年高考英語全國卷1 語法填空 原文

In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of whose purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 單項填空 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

  • 2. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine;

    "the beseigers used starvation to induce surrender"

    "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"

同義詞辨析

hunger, famine, starvation

這些名詞均有"饑餓"之意。

  • hunger: 普通用詞,指人體對于食物迫切需要的正常生理現(xiàn)象。
  • famine: 指因天災(zāi)人禍而引起大規(guī)模饑荒;用作引申,指嚴重缺乏某種物資或人力。
  • starvation語氣比hunger強得多。指因長期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦,甚至死亡,側(cè)重人為的災(zāi)難所致。

同義詞

其他釋義

poverty

最新英語單詞

行業(yè)英語