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词汇 starve
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starve

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[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • starves , starving , starved

    1.?[I 不及物动词] 挨饿 , 饿死

    If people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death.

    双语例句

    例:

    A number of the prisoners we saw are starving.

    我们看到的许多囚犯都快饿死了。

    例:

    In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported.

    在20世纪30年代,数百万乌克兰人或因饥饿而死,或被驱逐出境。

    2.?[T 及物动词] 使挨饿

    To starve someone means not to give them any food.

    双语例句

    例:

    He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen.

    他说唯一的办法是让人们挨饿,但又说这种做法是不允许的。

    3.?[T 及物动词] 使极其缺乏

    If a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment.

    电力行业并不是惟一极其缺乏投资的行业。

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