starvation
发音
英 [stɑːˈveɪʃn]
美 [stɑːrˈveɪʃn]
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- n.
- 挨饿
- 饥饿
- 饿死
- 绝食
单词词源
starvation 饥饿，挨饿
来自 starve,使挨饿，饥饿，-ation,名词后缀。
双语例句
- 1. Experiments had showed that starvation made roundworms live longer .
- 实验表明，饥饿让蛔虫活的时间更长。
- 2. A family rescued him from starvation and domesticated him .
- 有一户人家救了他，才没有被饿死。
- 3. But crime and starvation are hardly the only options .
- 但是犯罪和挨饿并不是仅有的选择。
- 4. Many of these men died from horrendous working conditions and a starvation diet .
- 大多数人因为及其恶劣的工作环境，饥不饱餐，最后都死去了。
- 5. Famine traditionally means mass starvation .
- 饥荒通常意味着严重的饥饿致死现象。