starve
发音
英 [stɑːv]
美 [stɑːrv]
单词词源
starve 使挨饿，饥饿
来自古英语 steorfan,死去，死掉，字面意思为身体变僵硬，来自 Proto-Germanic*sterban,变僵 硬，来自 PIE*ster,僵的，硬的，固定的，词源同 startle,sterile.后词义弱化为慢慢饿死，再弱 化为使挨饿，饥饿。
双语例句
- 1. It was easier to let leningrad 's inhabitants starve .
- 让列宁格勒的居民饿死更容易些。
- 2. It might not be your dream job , but you 're not going to starve .
- 也许那不是你梦寐以求的工作，但至少可以保证你不会饿死。
- 3. Though the system often fails , the poorest are not simply left to beg and starve .
- 虽然这个系统常常有问题，但是最穷困的人也不至于去乞讨或者饿死。
- 4. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply .
- 一种对抗癌症的有效方法是不用它需要用来繁殖自身的食物去滋养它，饿死癌细胞。
- 5. The curfew is a response to the case last month of a young couple who allowed their baby to starve to death while they raised a virtual child in an online game .
- 该禁令是韩国政府针对上月一桩悲剧做出的回应当时，一对年轻夫妇因在网游中养育虚拟孩子，导致自己亲生孩子被活活饿死。