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starve

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vt.使饿死 vi.饿得要死

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starve为高中词汇

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动词过去式:starved 过去分词:starved 现在分词:starving 第三人称单数:starves

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hunger  satiate    

starve


/stɑ:v; stɑrv/
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] (cause a person or an animal to) suffer severely or die from hunger (使人或动物)挨饿, 饿死
*Thousands of cattle are starving. 成千上万的牛正在挨饿.
* starve to death 饿死
* (infml 口) She's starving herself to try to lose weight. 她正在用节食的办法减轻体重.
2 [Ipr, Tn.pr usu passive 通常用于被动语态] ~ for sth; ~ sb of sth (cause sb to) suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted; deprive sb of sth (使某人)得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物; 缺乏
*children starving for/starved of affection 渴望受人疼爱的孩子
* (fig 比喻) Industry is being starved of technical expertise. 工业界技术力量匮乏.
3 [I] (infml 口) (used only in the continuous tenses 仅用于进行时态) feel very hungry 感觉很饿
*What's for dinner? I'm starving! 晚饭吃什么? 我饿极了!
4 (phr v) starve sb into sth/doing sth force sb to do sth by not allowing him to get food 使某人挨饿以迫其做某事
*starved into surrender/surrendering 饿得只好投降. starve sb out (of sth) force sb out of a hiding-place, etc by stopping supplies of food 将某人饿得从隐藏处出来
*It took
8 days to starve them out (of the building). 用了8天时间才把他们饿得(从那座建筑物里)出来了.

starve


v
[Language: Old English;Origin: steorfan 'to die']
[I]
to suffer or die because you do not have enough to eat
 Thousands of people will starve if food doesn't reach the city.
 pictures of starving children
 They'll either die from the cold or starve to death (=die from lack of food) .
[T]
to prevent someone from having enough food to live
 The poor dog looked like it had been starved.
be starvingalsobe starvedAmE
to be very hungry
 You must be starving!
starve of [starve sb/sth of sth] phr v
to not give something that is needed
 The schools are starved of funding.
 The poor kid's just starved for attention.
starve out [starve sb⇔out] phr v
to force someone to leave a place by preventing them from getting food
 If we can't blast them out, we'll starve them out!
1. The poor starve and the rich feast.
    穷人挨饿, 富人吃喝。

2. Over time, people starve themselves of both food and air, effectively weakening and hooking their children, eventually killing themselves.
    久而久之,人们不但缺少食物,而且还缺少空气,这样不但大大地削弱了孩子们的体质,还使他们染上了烟瘾,最终还会致他们于死地。

3. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat which never comes.
    要么饿死,要么像鲁滨孙那样,天天盼船来,却总没见船影。

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