hunger strike

英 [ˈhʌŋɡə straɪk]

美 [ˈhʌŋɡər straɪk]

n.  绝食(抗议)

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牛津词典

noun

• 绝食（抗议）
  the act of refusing to eat for a long period of time in order to protest about sth
  1. to be on /go on hunger strike
     进行绝食抗议

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 绝食（抗议）
  If someone goeson hunger strikeor goesonahunger strike, they refuse to eat as a way of protesting about something.
  1. The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days...
     抗议者已经绝食17天了。
  2. He has begun a hunger strike in protest over political violence in Karachi.
     为了抗议卡拉奇的政治暴力，他已开始了绝食。

英英释义

noun

• a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest

双语例句

• Her family, in Tehran to help win her freedom, says that she is very weak from an ongoing hunger strike.
  她的家人已在德黑兰，希望能帮助她获得自由。他们说，萨贝里由于正在进行绝食抗议，身体非常虚弱。
• They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
  他们开始绝食以抗议有人所宣称的殴打行为。
• The boy showed defiance by refusing to eat. All the prisoners on hunger strike had to be force-fed.
  这孩子以绝食来反抗。所有绝食的犯人均需强迫进食。
• I'm joining the hunger strike tonight.
  我要参加今晚的绝食抗议。
• Several men have gone on hunger strike over conditions in the prison.
  几个人为狱中的条件而绝食抗议。
• The prisoners went on a hunger strike.
  犯人们进行绝食抗议。
• He went on a nine-week hunger strike.
  他开始了为期9周的绝食斗争。
• He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder
  他称他的谋杀罪为错判，因而进行绝食抗议。
• The political prisoner went on a week long hunger strike.
  这名政治犯绝食一周，以示抗议。
• Some of those who are impounded go on hunger strike on and off.
  一些被扣押的人断续地进行绝食。