starvation
英 [stɑːˈveɪʃn]
美 [stɑːrˈveɪʃn]
n. 饥饿; 挨饿; 饿死
复数：starvations
Collins.2 / BNC.8598 / COCA.9590
同义词辨析
hungerfaminestarvation【导航词义：饥饿】
hungern. 饥饿；饥饿感；渴望
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指长期缺乏食物造成的饥肠辘辘，也指想吃东西的感觉，可引申指对某物的渴求，常后接介词 for。
〔例证〕
Two hundred people in the area are dying of hunger every day.
那个地区每天有200人濒于饿死。
He suffered from hunger.
他饿极了。
She has a strong hunger for knowledge.
她有强烈的求知欲。
那个地区每天有200人濒于饿死。
He suffered from hunger.
他饿极了。
She has a strong hunger for knowledge.
她有强烈的求知欲。
faminen. 饥荒；奇缺
〔辨析〕
指因天灾人祸而引起的大规模食物匮乏，可引申指某种物资或资源的严重缺乏。
〔例证〕
War brings death and famine.
战争带来死亡和饥荒。
There was a water famine in this area.
这地方闹过水荒。
战争带来死亡和饥荒。
There was a water famine in this area.
这地方闹过水荒。
starvationn. 挨饿，饿死
〔辨析〕
指因长期缺乏食物而造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，比 hunger 语气要重；也可用作定语，表示极少量的、极低的。
〔例证〕
starvation diet/wages
极少量的食物/极低的工资
The poor old woman died of starvation.
那个可怜的老妇人饿死了。
They are living on the verge of starvation.
他们正在饥饿线上挣扎。
极少量的食物/极低的工资
The poor old woman died of starvation.
那个可怜的老妇人饿死了。
They are living on the verge of starvation.
他们正在饥饿线上挣扎。
牛津词典
noun
- 饥饿；挨饿；饿死
the state of suffering and death caused by having no food- to die of/from starvation
饿死 - Millions will face starvation next year as a result of the drought.
由于发生旱灾，明年将有数百万人面临饥饿的威胁。 - a starvation diet (= one in which you do not have much to eat)
不足果腹的食物 - They were on starvation wages (= extremely low wages) .
他们挣的工资不够维持基本生活。
- to die of/from starvation
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 极度饥饿;饿死
Starvationis extreme suffering or death, caused by lack of food.- Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.
从年初起，已有 300 多人饿死。
- Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.
英英释义
noun
- the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
- the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender
- they were charged with the starvation of children in their care
- a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
双语例句
- Relief workers say it's worse than ever as disease and starvation combine to kill thousands
救灾人员说疾病加上饥饿夺去了数千人的生命，严重程度前所未有。 - On the Korean Peninsula, an oppressive regime rules a people living in fear and starvation.
在朝鲜半岛，受一个压制性政权统治的人民生活在恐惧和饥饿之中。 - This creates massive imbalances in resources, which is reflected as poverty and starvation of the human species.
这制造了资源的巨大不平衡，并在人类的贫穷和饥馑中被反映出来。 - Millions are threatened by starvation and disease each year.
每年都有数以百万计的人受到饥饿和疾病的威胁。 - It is the nine hundred days of horrible starvation, death, chilliness and ceaseless bombard.
这900个昼夜充满了令人恐惧的饥饿、死亡、寒冷和无休止的狂轰滥炸。 - I suppose such fears reflect instincts that emerged to protect us against predators and starvation.
我想，这些担忧反映出了为保护我们自己不受掠夺者和饥饿威胁而出现的本能。 - During the disaster years, many people had died of starvation.
灾年中很多人饿死了。 - Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.
从年初起，已有300多人饿死。 - An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation
估计有700万人面临着饿死的危险。 - During their first winter, over half of the settlers ① died of starvation or epidemics.
在那里的第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病。