hunger

美 [ˈhʌŋɡər]英 [ˈhʌŋɡə(r)]
  • n.饥饿;(对某事物的)渴望,渴求;饥荒;饥饿感;食欲;胃口
  • v.(使)饥饿;渴望

复数: hungers 现在分词: hungering 过去分词: hungered 第三人称单数: hungers

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noun

1

饥饿;饥荒
the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death

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。

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

hunger pangs

饥饿引起的胃痛

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

a hunger for knowledge

对知识的渴求

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

1

渴望得到;渴求
to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb

hunger

频次

  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 饥饿感
    Hunger is the feeling of weakness or discomfort that you get when you need something to eat.

    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
    N-UNCOUNT 饥饿;饥荒
    Hunger is a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death.

    Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.

    该镇每天有300人濒于饿死。

  • 3
    N-SING 渴望;渴求
    If you have a hunger for something, you want or need it very much.

    Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.

    格芬的成功欲望似乎永无止境。

  • 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.

    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。

noun

1
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
a thirst for knowledge
hunger for affection
Synonym: hungriness thirst thirstiness
2
a physiological need for food;the consequence of food deprivation
Synonym: hungriness

verb

1
be hungry;go without food
Let's eat--I'm starving!
Synonym: starve famish
2
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Synonym: crave thirst starve lust
3
feel the need to eat

数据来源:WordNet

  1. 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. Hunger drove her to steal .

    饥饿迫使她去偷窃。

  3. 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。

  4. For many people , alas , hunger is part of everyday life .

    唉,对很多人来说,挨饿是家常便饭。

  5. The food wasn 't enough to satisfy his hunger .

    这食物不足以让他解饿。

  6. 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。

  7. Once these latest rations run out , the country will again face hunger and starvation .

    最后这批口粮一旦用完,国家又要面临饥荒。

  8. Demonstrations were held as a gesture of solidarity with the hunger strikers .

    人们举行示威游行,以表示对绝食抗议者的支持。

  9. They had withstood siege , hunger and deprivation .

    他们经受了围困、饥饿和贫穷。

  10. The walkers were faint from hunger .

    步行者饿得头昏眼花。

  11. 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。

  12. Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day .

    该镇每天有300人濒于饿死。

  13. 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。

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. 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。

  17. 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。

  18. The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days

    抗议者已经绝食17天了。

  19. They cannot sleep for hunger .

    他们饿得睡不着。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. 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。

  23. 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。

  24. 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。

  25. Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless .

    格芬的成功欲望似乎永无止境。

  26. The meat they 'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger .

    他们把搞到手的肉拿来充饥。

  27. 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。

  28. 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。

  29. 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。

  30. 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。

hunger famine starvation 【导航词义:饥饿】
hunger v. 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。

〔例证〕

Two hundred people in the area are dying of hunger every day.

那个地区每天有200人濒于饿死。

He suffered from hunger.

他饿极了。

She has a strong hunger for knowledge.

她有强烈的求知欲。

famine v. 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。

〔例证〕

War brings death and famine.

战争带来死亡和饥荒。

There was a water famine in this area.

这地方闹过水荒。

starvation v. 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。

〔例证〕

starvation diet/wages

极少量的食物/极低的工资

The poor old woman died of starvation.

那个可怜的老妇人饿死了。

They are living on the verge of starvation.

他们正在饥饿线上挣扎。

  • 短语动词

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hunger for/after sth/sb

渴望得到;渴求
to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb