famines
英 [ˈfæmɪnz]
美 [ˈfæmənz]
n. 饥荒
famine的复数
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...
双语例句
- Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.
旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。 - Watching the wars and famines on the news takes on a whole new meaning when you have a personal connection with the people there.
亲眼目睹人们饱受战争与饥饿之苦时,新闻中播放的战争与饥饿会在你眼前呈现出全新的概念。 - Millions of Ukrainians died in the Stalin-imposed famines of the 1930s, which gives modern Ukrainians good grounds to be suspicious of Russian offers of protection.
上世纪30年代,数百万乌克兰人在那场斯大林造成的饥荒中死亡,这让现代乌克兰人有充分理由对俄罗斯提出的保护打个问号。 - When famines threatened, newspapers alerted the powerbrokers.
当饥荒构成威胁时,报纸会向政治掮客们发出警报。 - Prior to the Bretton Woods system, foreign aid primarily assisted with humanitarian crises: famines; floods; earthquakes; or people fleeing conflicts.
在布雷顿森林体系建立之前,对外援助主要用于人道主义危机:饥荒;洪涝;地震;或是帮助逃离战争冲突的人。 - 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。 - Despite intermittent wars and famines, the long-term trend is for a better life for almost everybody.
虽然有时会发生战争和饥荒,但长期趋势是几乎所有人的生活都能得到改善。 - She has become so poor that she has little power of resisting famines.
印度已经穷得对饥荒没有抵御能力了。 - Communications satellites may be able to cope with the short-term needs during disasters such as earthquakes, wars or famines.
通信卫星可能满足短期的需要,例如地震、战争和饥荒。 - While rising food prices strain household budgets in the west, they risk famines in Africa and Asia.
虽然粮食价格的上涨给西方人的生活开支造成了压力,但它在非洲和亚洲却意味着饥荒的危险。