hunger

noun

1. 饥饿；饥荒
   the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death
   1. Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp.
      集中营里每天大约有五十人饿死。
   2. The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.
      这个机构致力于减少世界上的饥饿和疾病。
2. 饥饿感；食欲；胃口
   the feeling caused by a need to eat
   1. hunger pangs
      饥饿引起的胃痛
   2. I felt faint with hunger.
      我当时饿得发昏。
3. （对某事物的）渴望，渴求
   a strong desire for sth
   1. a hunger for knowledge
      对知识的渴求
   2. Nothing seemed to satisfy their hunger for truth.
      似乎没有什么能满足他们对真理的渴求。

verb

verb

1. N-UNCOUNT 饥饿感
   Hunger is the feeling of weakness or discomfort that you get when you need something to eat.
   1. Hunger is the body's signal that levels of blood sugar are too low...
      饥饿感是身体发出的信号，表示血糖水平太低。
   2. The nutritionally balanced menus are designed to help you lose up to a pound a day without hunger pangs.
      营养搭配均衡的菜谱旨在不必忍受饥饿的前提下帮您每天减掉一磅体重。
2. N-UNCOUNT 饥饿;饥荒
   Hunger is a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death.
   1. Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.
      该镇每天有300人濒于饿死。
   2. ...a desire to alleviate hunger and suffering in the Third World.
      减轻第三世界的饥荒和苦难的愿望
3. N-SING 渴望;渴求
   If you have a hunger for something, you want or need it very much.
   1. Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.
      格芬的成功欲望似乎永无止境。
   2. ...his hunger to equal Vardon's record of six wins.
      他想平瓦登六个冠军头衔的纪录的渴望
4. VERB 渴望;渴求
   If you say that someone hungers for something or hungers after it, you are emphasizing that they want it very much.
   1. But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure.
      但朱尔斯对坐在课堂里学习并不热心，他渴望冒险。

1. They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
   他们开始绝食以抗议有人所宣称的殴打行为。
2. The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger.
   他们把搞到手的肉拿来充饥。
3. All people, she said, lived their lives in bondage to hunger, pain and lust.
   她说，所有人的生活都受缚于饥饿、苦痛和欲望。
4. It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets.
   在街上看见有人饿晕是很平常的事。
5. More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight
   400多名流亡者举行从早到晚的绝食抗议来让人们关注他们的苦难。
6. They cannot sleep for hunger.
   他们饿得睡不着。
7. Hunger made him hallucinate.
   饥饿使他产生了幻觉。
8. Hunger is the body's signal that levels of blood sugar are too low
   饥饿感是身体发出的信号，表示血糖水平太低。
9. The nutritionally balanced menus are designed to help you lose up to a pound a day without hunger pangs.
   营养搭配均衡的菜谱旨在不必忍受饥饿的前提下帮您每天减掉一磅体重。
10. Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.
    该镇每天有300人濒于饿死。
11. Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.
    格芬的成功欲望似乎永无止境。
12. But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure.
    但朱尔斯对坐在课堂里学习并不热心，他渴望冒险。
13. The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days
    抗议者已经绝食17天了。
14. He has begun a hunger strike in protest over political violence in Karachi.
    为了抗议卡拉奇的政治暴力，他已开始了绝食。
15. Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war
    作为战争的间接后果，数百万人可能会死于饥饿。
16. The multibillion-dollar fitness industry rakes in fat profits from our hunger to look good.
    数十亿美元的健身产业利用我们的爱美之心赚取巨额利润。
17. The mere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs
    单单提到食物就引起了阵阵饥饿感。
18. Sugar gives quick relief to hunger but provides no lasting nourishment.
    糖能快速缓解饥饿感，但不能提供持久的营养。
19. With touching pathos he described the pangs of hunger.
    他以极具感伤力的笔触描述了饥饿的痛苦。
20. Other daughters, faced with their mother's emotional hunger, pull away
    面对母亲的情感渴求，其他几个女儿都疏远了她。
21. There is hunger in many parts of the world, even in rich countries.
    世界上很多地方，甚至在富有的国家里，都有人忍饥挨饿。
22. Very early in life when the baby feels the pangs of hunger, she learns to scream.
    当新生儿感到饥饿时，就学会了喊叫。
23. Coca is well-known for reducing hunger, thirst and fatigue
    人们都知道可乐能消饿、止渴和解乏。
24. He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder
    他称他的谋杀罪为错判，因而进行绝食抗议。
25. He satisfied his hunger with a sandwich and milk.
    他以三明治和牛奶充饥。
26. Working with one's head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as muscular work.
    脑力劳动与体力劳动引起的饥饿感觉是完全一样的。
27. He fainted from hunger.
    他饿晕了。
28. While the house of the rich and powerful present a scene of feasting and revelry, cries of hunger and cold are heard out in the streets.
    豪门灯红酒绿，街头啼饥号寒。
29. We must bring suffering and hunger to an end in the world.
    我们必须结束世界上的苦难和饥饿。
30. My hunger was curbed by the snack.
    吃了点心，我的饥饿得到了控制。

  hunger famine starvation【导航词义：饥饿】

  hunger n. 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。

  famine n. 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。

  starvation n. 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。

hunger for/after sth/sb

1. 渴望得到；渴求
   to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb
   1. Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp.
      集中营里每天大约有五十人饿死。
   2. The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.
      这个机构致力于减少世界上的饥饿和疾病。

noun

1. strong desire for something (not food or drink)
   1. a thirst for knowledge
   2. hunger for affection

   Synonym:    hungrinessthirstthirstiness

2. a physiological need for food

   Synonym:    hungriness

verb

1. be hungry
   1. Let's eat--I'm starving!

   Synonym:    starvefamish

2. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

   Synonym:    cravethirststarvelust

3. feel the need to eat