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
- 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。 - During their first winter, over half of the settlers ① died of starvation or epidemics.
在那里的第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病。 - 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。 - The little boy was dying of starvation; he was only a bag of bones.
这个小男孩快饿死了，就剩下皮包骨头了。 - An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation
估计有700万人面临着饿死的危险。 - A very large number die from starvation or dehydration.
有大量的鸡死于脱水和饥饿。 - These people face increased risk of starvation and disease.
这些民众面临增加的饥饿和疾病危险。 - 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。 - 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。 - I suppose such fears reflect instincts that emerged to protect us against predators and starvation.
我想，这些担忧反映出了为保护我们自己不受掠夺者和饥饿威胁而出现的本能。