starvation

noun

1. 饥饿；挨饿；饿死
   the state of suffering and death caused by having no food
   1. to die of/from starvation
      饿死
   2. 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。
   3. a starvation diet (= one in which you do not have much to eat)
      不足果腹的食物
   4. They were on starvation wages (= extremely low wages) .
      他们挣的工资不够维持基本生活。

1. N-UNCOUNT 极度饥饿;饿死
   Starvation is extreme suffering or death, caused by lack of food.
   1. Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.
      从年初起，已有 300 多人饿死。

1. Drought has left more than two million people close to starvation
   干旱让两百多万人濒临饿死。
2. Relief workers say it's worse than ever as disease and starvation combine to kill thousands
   救灾人员说疾病加上饥饿夺去了数千人的生命，严重程度前所未有。
3. Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests.
   几百万人因干旱和歉收而受到饥饿的威胁。
4. An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation
   估计有700万人面临着饿死的危险。
5. Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.
   从年初起，已有300多人饿死。
6. I was suffering from acute sunstroke, starvation and exhaustion.
   我严重中暑，又饿又累。
7. The way the man ate lent colour to his story of near starvation.
   那人吃东西的那副馋相使人相信他说的险些要饿死的话是真的。
8. Disease often follows on starvation because the body is weakened.
   疾病的产生往往是由于饥饿的缘故，因为身体很虚弱。
9. Arise, ye prisoners of starvation!
   起来，饥寒交迫的奴隶！
10. They ate rats and sawdust to avoid starvation.
    他们吃老鼠和锯末避免饥饿的危险。
11. The man was dying of starvation.
    那个人快要饿死了。
12. It is the underlying cause of reduced life expectancy, handicap, disability and starvation.
    这也是导致平均寿命缩短，残废，残疾和饥饿的根本原因。
13. We might have to inherit diseases, drought, and starvation to the next generation.
    我们还可能将疾病，乾旱和饥饿传给我们的下一代。
14. During the disaster years, many people had died of starvation.
    灾年中很多人饿死了。
15. Limbs withered by disease and starvation.
    因疾病和饥饿而造成的四肢萎缩。
16. On the Korean Peninsula, an oppressive regime rules a people living in fear and starvation.
    在朝鲜半岛，受一个压制性政权统治的人民生活在恐惧和饥饿之中。
17. During their first winter, over half of the settlers ① died of starvation or epidemics.
    在那里的第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病。
18. They are running out of food and are in grievous danger of starvation.
    他们食物吃完了，面临饥饿的严重危胁。
19. People are dying in their thousands from typhoid, cold and starvation.
    人们成千上万地因伤寒、寒冷和饥饿而死去。
20. In China, major floods followed extreme droughts, and frequent famines led to mass starvation and death.
    在中国，巨大的洪水过后，又遭受了极为严重的旱灾，不断发生的饥荒造成了大范围的饥饿、死亡。
21. It is the nine hundred days of horrible starvation, death, chilliness and ceaseless bombard.
    这900个昼夜充满了令人恐惧的饥饿、死亡、寒冷和无休止的狂轰滥炸。
22. Millions are threatened by starvation and disease each year.
    每年都有数以百万计的人受到饥饿和疾病的威胁。
23. This creates massive imbalances in resources, which is reflected as poverty and starvation of the human species.
    这制造了资源的巨大不平衡，并在人类的贫穷和饥馑中被反映出来。
24. Yet for thousands of years rinderpest has affected people by killing cattle and other animals and causing starvation.
    然而，千百年来，牛瘟导致牛和其他动物死亡，造成饥荒，给人类造成了极大的影响。
25. The little boy was dying of starvation; he was only a bag of bones.
    这个小男孩快饿死了，就剩下皮包骨头了。
26. Millions have already died of starvation.
    已有上百万人饿死了。
27. These people face increased risk of starvation and disease.
    这些民众面临增加的饥饿和疾病危险。
28. I suppose such fears reflect instincts that emerged to protect us against predators and starvation.
    我想，这些担忧反映出了为保护我们自己不受掠夺者和饥饿威胁而出现的本能。
29. A very large number die from starvation or dehydration.
    有大量的鸡死于脱水和饥饿。

  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。

noun

1. the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
   1. the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender
   2. they were charged with the starvation of children in their care

   Synonym:    starving

2. a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

   Synonym:    famishment