hunger

英 [ˈhʌŋɡə(r)]

美 [ˈhʌŋɡər]

n. 饥饿; 饥荒; 饥饿感; 食欲; 胃口; (对某事物的)渴望，渴求
v. （使）饥饿; 渴望

复数：hungers　过去式：hungered　现在分词：hungering　过去分词：hungered　第三人称单数：hungers　

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同义词辨析

hunger famine starvation【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。

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。

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。

短语用例

hunger for/after sth/sb

渴望得到；渴求
to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb
1. Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp.
  集中营里每天大约有五十人饿死。
2. The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.
  这个机构致力于减少世界上的饥饿和疾病。

牛津词典

noun

饥饿；饥荒
the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death
1. Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp.
  集中营里每天大约有五十人饿死。
2. The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.
  这个机构致力于减少世界上的饥饿和疾病。
饥饿感；食欲；胃口
the feeling caused by a need to eat
1. hunger pangs
  饥饿引起的胃痛
2. I felt faint with hunger.
  我当时饿得发昏。
（对某事物的）渴望，渴求
a strong desire for sth
1. a hunger for knowledge
  对知识的渴求
2. Nothing seemed to satisfy their hunger for truth.
  似乎没有什么能满足他们对真理的渴求。

verb

柯林斯词典

N-UNCOUNT 饥饿感
Hungeris the feeling of weakness or discomfort that you get when you need something to eat.
1. Hunger is the body's signal that levels of blood sugar are too low...
  饥饿感是身体发出的信号，表示血糖水平太低。
2. The nutritionally balanced menus are designed to help you lose up to a pound a day without hunger pangs.
  营养搭配均衡的菜谱旨在不必忍受饥饿的前提下帮您每天减掉一磅体重。
N-UNCOUNT 饥饿;饥荒
Hungeris a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death.
1. Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.
  该镇每天有300人濒于饿死。
2. ...a desire to alleviate hunger and suffering in the Third World.
  减轻第三世界的饥荒和苦难的愿望
N-SING 渴望;渴求
If you have ahunger forsomething, you want or need it very much.
1. Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.
  格芬的成功欲望似乎永无止境。
2. ...his hunger to equal Vardon's record of six wins.
  他想平瓦登六个冠军头衔的纪录的渴望
VERB 渴望;渴求
If you say that someonehungers forsomething orhungers afterit, you are emphasizing that they want it very much.
1. But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure.
  但朱尔斯对坐在课堂里学习并不热心，他渴望冒险。

英英释义

noun

strong desire for something (not food or drink)
1. a thirst for knowledge
2. hunger for affection
Synonym:hungrinessthirstthirstiness
a physiological need for food
Synonym:hungriness

verb

be hungry
1. Let's eat--I'm starving!
Synonym:starvefamish
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Synonym:cravethirststarvelust
feel the need to eat

双语例句

Very early in life when the baby feels the pangs of hunger, she learns to scream.
当新生儿感到饥饿时，就学会了喊叫。
Hunger made him hallucinate.
饥饿使他产生了幻觉。
There is hunger in many parts of the world, even in rich countries.
世界上很多地方，甚至在富有的国家里，都有人忍饥挨饿。
They cannot sleep for hunger.
他们饿得睡不着。
They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
他们开始绝食以抗议有人所宣称的殴打行为。
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。
The multibillion-dollar fitness industry rakes in fat profits from our hunger to look good.
数十亿美元的健身产业利用我们的爱美之心赚取巨额利润。
He fainted from hunger.
他饿晕了。
With touching pathos he described the pangs of hunger.
他以极具感伤力的笔触描述了饥饿的痛苦。
Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.
该镇每天有300人濒于饿死。