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