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

• Prisoners began a hunger strike to protest at their conditions.
  囚犯们开始绝食以对他们的生活条件进行抗议。
• I'm joining the hunger strike tonight.
  我要参加今晚的绝食抗议。
• More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight
  400多名流亡者举行从早到晚的绝食抗议来让人们关注他们的苦难。
• 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。
• Evo Morales, Bolivia's president, ended a five-day hunger strike after his government and the opposition reached agreement on a law that sets a general election for December.
  玻利维亚总统莫拉莱斯，在她与反对党在12月大选法律方面达成共识之后，结束了五天的绝食抗议。
• Cuban doctors treating a political dissident who's on hunger strike say he is in danger of dying despite their efforts to keep him alive.
  对进行绝食抗议的一名政见不同者进行治疗的古巴医生表示，尽管他们努力拯救此人的生命，他仍处于死亡的危险中。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were carrying out a hunger strike in sympathy with mine.
  他们正在举行绝食抗议以声援我的斗争。
• Mr margetts is one of three British prisoners who started a hunger strike on Sunday.
  马吉茨是周日开始的这场绝食抗议中的三名英国囚犯之一。