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
- The man was dying of starvation.
那个人快要饿死了。 - Drought has left more than two million people close to starvation
干旱让两百多万人濒临饿死。 - 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。 - A very large number die from starvation or dehydration.
有大量的鸡死于脱水和饥饿。 - 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。 - 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。 - In China, major floods followed extreme droughts, and frequent famines led to mass starvation and death.
在中国，巨大的洪水过后，又遭受了极为严重的旱灾，不断发生的饥荒造成了大范围的饥饿、死亡。 - Limbs withered by disease and starvation.
因疾病和饥饿而造成的四肢萎缩。 - The little boy was dying of starvation; he was only a bag of bones.
这个小男孩快饿死了，就剩下皮包骨头了。 - They are running out of food and are in grievous danger of starvation.
他们食物吃完了，面临饥饿的严重危胁。