starvation
英[stɑː'veɪʃn]
美[stɑr'veʃən]
- n. 饿死;挨饿;绝食
实用场景例句
- to die of/from starvation
- 饿死
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- a starvation diet (= one in which you do not have much to eat)
- 不足果腹的食物
牛津词典
- They were on starvation wages (= extremely low wages) .
- 他们挣的工资不够维持基本生活。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Anorexia nervosa, a form of starvation, may affect adolescent girls.
- 神经性厌食症是饥饿的一种形式, 它对少女有影响.
期刊摘选
- He had to decide between surrender and starvation.
- 他不得不在投降和饿死之间做出抉择.
期刊摘选
- Starvation is an atrocity, and should never happen in the modern world.
- 饿死人命是一种暴行, 绝不应发生在现代社会.
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- The whole country is threatened with starvation.
- 整个国家都受到饥饿的威胁.
《简明英汉词典》
- Many people die of starvation during famines every year.
- 每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死.
《简明英汉词典》
- They were threatened with starvation when flood drowned their village.
- (洪水淹没他们村子时他们受到了饥饿的威胁. )
期刊摘选
- They were charged with the starvation of children in their care.
- 他们因为孩子们在他们的照料下挨饿而受到指控.
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- The animals had died of starvation.
- 动物因饥饿而死亡.
《简明英汉词典》
- The way the man ate lent colour to his story of near starvation.
- 那人吃东西的那副馋相使人相信他说的险些要饿死的话是真的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.
- 我们靠着野菜才没被饿死.
《简明英汉词典》
- In the towns of central Greece, starvation provided plenty of recruits.
- 在希腊中部城市, 饥荒促使大批人士参加了战斗.
辞典例句
- The poor old man died of starvation.
- 那个可怜的老人被饿死了.
期刊摘选
- They are up against starvation.
- 他们正面临饥饿.
《简明英汉词典》
- When the empire fell to pieces , the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.
- 当这些船舰毁于一旦时, 他们的国家也面临着洪水和饥荒的灾难.
期刊摘选
- Large numbers of people had to struggle on the verge of starvation.
- 那时许多人不得不在饥饿的边缘上挣扎.
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- In March two children died of starvation.
- 在三月份,两个孩子死于饥荒.
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- It is forced on us by our ecnomic system as the alternative to starvation.
- 我们的经济制度把它强加在我们身上,不然只有饿死的份儿.
期刊摘选
- But the reaction to starvation differs immensely, based on spiritual orientation.
- 但取决于个人的精神导向,人们对饥饿的态度是有着极大不同的.
期刊摘选
- Disease often follows on starvation because the body is weakened.
- 疾病的产生往往是由于饥饿的缘故,因为身体很虚弱.
《简明英汉词典》
- But the risk of a secondary catastrophe, of disease and starvation, remained high.
- 不过,缅甸再次面临疾病和饥饿等灾害的风险依然很高.
期刊摘选
- Wild fruit kept us from dying of starvation.
- 我们靠着野果才没被饿死.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- The enemy must decide between surrender and starvation.
- 敌人必须做出投降或是饿死的抉择.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
柯林斯例句