famine
英 [ˈfæmɪn]
美 [ˈfæmɪn]
n. 饥荒
复数：famines
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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
- 饥荒
a lack of food during a long period of time in a region- a severe famine
严重饥荒 - disasters such as floods and famine
水灾和饥荒这一类灾难 - the threat of widespread famine in the area
这一地区内的大范围的饥荒威胁 - to raise money for famine relief
为赈济饥荒筹款
- a severe famine
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 饥馑;饥荒
Famineis a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.- Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine...
成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。 - The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.
内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。
- Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine...
英英释义
noun
- a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
- an acute insufficiency
双语例句
- Famine visited this region.
饥荒侵袭了这一地区。 - That year thousands of people died of famine.
那年，成千上万的人死于饥荒。 - They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine.
他们决定不依靠外援来救灾。 - Famine stared us in the face.
饥荒迫在眉睫。 - In1934, there was a severe famine in china.
一九三四年中国发生过一次大饥荒。 - The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。 - We can deliver supplies and work to break the back of the famine.
我们可以运送物资，努力解决饥荒中最关键的问题。 - The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.
音乐会的收入将用于救助饥荒。 - The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.
内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。 - Spend a year of plenty the way you spend a year of want and remind yourself of famine even when the barn is full.
丰年要当歉年过，有粮常想无粮时。