中英互译
starvation
英 /stɑːˈveɪʃ(ə)n/美 /stɑːrˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
基本释义
- n.饥饿，捱饿，饿死
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词语例句
饥饿，捱饿，饿死un.
六级四级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。
Add to that reluctance on the part of governments to spend resources on promoting diet and exercise while starvation is still a real threat, and the result is a recipe for inaction.
在饥饿仍然是一个真正的威胁的情况下，政府不愿花费资源来促进饮食和锻炼，其结果是无所作为。
Africa suffered widespread hunger and starvation through the 70s and 80s.
非洲在70年代和80年代遭受了广泛的饥荒。
- Starvation brings biochemical changes in the body.饥饿引起体内的生化变化。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- I was suffering from acute sunstroke, starvation and exhaustion.我当时正受着急性中暑、饥饿和疲惫之苦。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- 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。来自《牛津词典》
网络短语
- starvation diabetes饥饿糖尿病；饥饿性糖尿病
- oil starvation缺油
- starvation wages低于基本工资的费用；不够维持基本生活的工资
- oxygen starvation氧气匮乏
- serum starvation血清饥饿
词语扩展
- hunger/famine/starvation
- hunger普通用词，指人体对于食物迫切需要的正常生理现象。
- famine指因天灾人祸而引起大规模饥荒；用作引申，指严重缺乏某种物资或人力。
- starvation语气比hunger强得多。指因长期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，侧重人为的灾难所致。
词义分布
饥饿
77.1%
饿死
14.6%
挨饿
6.7%
饥饿状态
0.9%
绝食
0.6%
英英释义
- n.a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period
- n.the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
词源
- starvation饥饿，挨饿来自 starve,使挨饿，饥饿，-ation,名词后缀。
- starvationstarve + -ation