| 单词 | starve |
| 释义 | starve verbadverb | verb + starve | preposition | phrases adverb➤slowly慢慢饿死▸➤literally活活饿死◆she refused food and literally starved herself to death.她拒绝进食，把自己活活饿死了。verb + starve➤leave sb to任由某人捱饿◆he locked them in a room and left them to starve.他把他们锁在一间屋子里，任由他们捱饿。preposition➤for (usually figurative) 渴望⋯◆he is starving for attention.他渴望受到关注。➤of缺乏⋯◆the baby's brain had been starved of oxygen.那婴儿的大脑缺氧了。phrases➤be half starved饿得半死◆the poor cat was half starved.这只可怜的猫已经饿得半死了。➤keep sb from starving使某人不捱饿◆320 tons of food are needed each month to keep the people from starving.每月需要 320 吨粮食，才能使人们不致捱饿。➤starve in the streets, starve on the streets在大街上忍饥捱饿◆their policies will leave innocent children starving in the streets.他们的政策将让无辜的儿童流落街头，忍饥捱饿。➤starve to death饿死 starve /stɑːv; name stɑːrv/ verb ●starve sb/sth of sth (name also starve sb/sth for sth) (usually be starved) to prevent sb/sth from having sth that they want or need 急需；缺乏；使得不到所需◆the company has been starved of investment for several years. 这家公司急需投资已有多年。◆the firm was starved for cash when it started up. 这家公司开办时资金奇缺。 ➡ cash-starved ☞ starvestarve/stɑ:v ||; stɑrv/verb [i,t] to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to make sb/sth suffer or die in this way （使）饥饿，饿死: ◇millions of people are starving in the poorer countries of the world. 在世界上的贫穷国家里，有数以百万计的人正在挨饿。◇that winter many animals starved to death. 那年冬天许多动物饿死。 be starved of sth to suffer because you are not getting enough of sth that you need 缺乏（某事物）: ◇the children had been starved of love and affection for years. 孩子们多年来都没有得到关爱。 be starving(informal 非正式) to be extremely hungry 非常饥饿starvesee ⇨ hungry/not hungry 5 starve /stɑrv; stɑːv/v [i,t]to become ill or die because you do not have enough to eat, or to make someone do this （使）挨饿; （使）饿死:◇thousands of people could starve to death. 数以千计的人会饿死。◇starving refugees 饥饿的难民 |
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