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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - They ate rats and sawdust to avoid starvation.
他们吃老鼠和锯末避免饥饿的危险。 - 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 underlying cause of reduced life expectancy, handicap, disability and starvation.
这也是导致平均寿命缩短，残废，残疾和饥饿的根本原因。 - Yet for thousands of years rinderpest has affected people by killing cattle and other animals and causing starvation.
然而，千百年来，牛瘟导致牛和其他动物死亡，造成饥荒，给人类造成了极大的影响。 - People are dying in their thousands from typhoid, cold and starvation.
人们成千上万地因伤寒、寒冷和饥饿而死去。 - 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。 - 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。