| 词汇 | starve |
| 释义 | starve 1 ENTRIES FOUND: starve (verb) starve /ˈstɑɚv/ verb starves; starved; starving starve /ˈstɑɚv/ verb starves; starved; starving Learner's definition of STARVE 1 [no object] : to suffer or die from lack of food : to suffer extreme hunger挨饿；饿死 Without food they would starve.没有食物他们会饿死。 They left him to starve out in the desert.他们把他留在沙漠中饿死。 Those people are starving.那些人在挨饿。 providing food for starving children为饥饿的孩子们提供食物 The famine caused many to starve to death. [=to die from lack of food]饥荒使很多人饿死。 2 [+ object] : to cause (a person or animal) to suffer or die because of lack of food使挨饿；使饿死 They tried to starve their enemies into submission.他们试图以断绝敌人食物来迫使他们屈服。 It was clear that the dog had been starved.很明显，这条狗是饿着了。 You don't have to starve yourself to lose weight.你不必通过饿肚子来减肥。 3 a [no object] chiefly US : to want or need something very much渴望；迫切需要；急需 — usually used as (be) starving for通常用作(be) starving for Those children are starving for attention. [=they badly need to be given more attention]那些孩子渴望得到关怀。 After being alone for so long, I was starving for conversation.独处了这么久，我渴望和人交谈。 a government program that is starving for funds急需资金的政府计划 b [+ object] : to not give (someone or something) enough of something that is wanted or needed使缺乏；使急需 Those children have been starved of attention. [=they have not been given enough attention]那些孩子未得到充分关怀。 (chiefly US) Those children are starved for attention. [=they badly need to be given more attention]那些孩子急需得到更多关怀。 — sometimes used in combination有时用于合成词 a cash-starved company急需现金的公司 be starving chiefly US, informal or be starved : to be very hungry非常饥饿 I skipped lunch, so by dinnertime I was starving.我没吃午饭，所以晚饭时我很饿。 When are we eating? I'm starved!我们什么时候吃饭？我很饿！ |
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