starvation

starvation

英[stɑːˈveɪʃn]美[stɑːrˈveɪʃn]

n.饥饿，饿死；

复数：starvations;

例句

A bishop was making a speech about world starvation.主教正在做一个关于全球性饥荒的演讲。

The animals had died of starvation.动物因饥饿而死亡。

After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.3 天没吃东西，这些人都快饿死了。

Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野菜才没被饿死。

Wild fruit kept us from dying of starvation.我们靠着野果才没被饿死。

Many people die of starvation during famines every year.每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。

"I can't wait to hear him talk about world starvation," commented one of the clerics.其中一个牧师说，“我迫不及待想听听他关于全球性饥荒的看法。”

In fact, European trappers, traders, and explorers have used cukes for ages to fight off starvation.事实上, 很久以前欧洲的捕兽者 、 商人和探险者都是用黄瓜来与饥饿作斗争.

The besiegers used starvation to induce surrender.围攻者利用饥饿来劝降.

Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice, and starvation.工作撵跑三个魔鬼: 无聊, 堕落和饥饿.

同义词

n.

starvation的同义词之：饥荒,营养不足,耗尽,需要,缺乏

starvation的同义词之：其他释义

同义词解析

以下这些名词均有"饥饿" 的意思

hunger：普通用词，指人体对于食物迫切需要的正常生理现象。

famine：指因天灾人祸而引起大规模饥荒；用作引申，指严重缺乏某种物资或人力。

starvation语气比hunger强得多。指因长期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，侧重人为的灾难所致。

英语四级真题

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.

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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-UNCOUNT

极度饥饿;饿死

Starvation is extreme suffering or death, caused by lack of food.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

挨饿, 饥饿;饿死

饥荒

英英词典释义

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;