starvation
英 [stɑ?'ve??n]
美[stɑr've??n]
- n. 餓死；挨餓；絕食
實(shí)用場景例句
- 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。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- 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?yàn)楹⒆觽冊谒麄兊恼樟舷掳ゐI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(xiǎn)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(dāng)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(jì)制度把它強(qiáng)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(dǎo)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?yàn)樯眢w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(fēng)險(xiǎn)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(yán)重程度前所未有。
柯林斯例句