starve

美 [stɑːrv]英 [stɑːv]
  • v.饿死;(使)挨饿;缺乏…的;急需…的

过去式: starved 现在分词: starving 过去分词: starved 第三人称单数: starves

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verb

1

(使)挨饿,饿死
to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat; to make sb suffer or die in this way

The animals were left to starve to death.

那些动物只能等着饿死。

pictures of starving children

表现饥饿儿童的图片

The new job doesn't pay as much but we won't starve!

新工作的工资没有过去多,不过我们不至于挨饿!

She's starving herself to try to lose weight.

她试图通过节食来减肥。

2

缺乏…的;急需…的
not having sth that you need

supply-starved rebels

补给匮乏的反叛者

习语

to feel very hungry

饭什么时候好?我快饿死了!
When's food? I'm starving!

3

断绝食物(或资金)来源以迫使某人做某事
to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money

4

使某人(或事物)得不到所需要的
to not give sth that is needed

I felt starved of intelligent conversation.

让我感到痛苦的是无法与有识之士交谈。

The department has been starved of resources.

这个部门一直缺少资金。

5

以断绝食物来源迫使某人出来
to force sb to leave a particular building or area by not allowing them to get any food

starve

频次

  • 1
    VERB 挨饿;饿死
    If people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death.

    A number of the prisoners we saw are starving...

    我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。

  • 2
    VERB 使挨饿
    To starve someone means not to give them any food.

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

    他说唯一的其他选择就是让人们挨饿,又说这是绝对不允许发生的。

  • 3
    VERB 使极其缺乏;使迫切需要
    If a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it.

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

    投资严重缺乏的不光是电力工业。

verb

1
die of food deprivation
The political prisoners starved to death
Many famished in the countryside during the drought
Synonym: famish
2
deprive of food
They starved the prisoners
Synonym: famish
3
deprive of a necessity and cause suffering
he is starving her of love
The engine was starved of fuel
4
be hungry;go without food
Let's eat--I'm starving!
Synonym: hunger famish
5
have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Synonym: crave hunger thirst lust

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  1. The animals were left to starve to death .

    那些动物只能等着饿死。

  2. The enemy lay siege to the town in attempt to starve the people to death .

    敌人围城,企图将人们饿死。

  3. The new job doesn 't pay as much but we won 't starve !

    新工作的工资没有过去多,不过我们不至于挨饿!

  4. You must be starving , you poor things .

    你们一定是饿坏了,你们这些可怜的家伙。

  5. She 's starving herself to try to lose weight .

    她试图通过节食来减肥。

  6. We can 't stand idly by and let people starve .

    我们不能袖手旁观,让一些人挨饿。

  7. As a child , she was starved of intellectual nourishment .

    作为一个孩子,她渴望吸取知识的养分。

  8. It 's obscene to spend so much on food when millions are starving .

    当数以百万的人忍饥挨饿时,饮食上挥霍无度是天理难容的。

  9. When 's food ? I 'm starving !

    饭什么时候好?我快饿死了!

  10. I felt starved of intelligent conversation .

    让我感到痛苦的是无法与有识之士交谈。

  11. The starving children were a pathetic sight .

    饥饿的儿童看起来是一幅凄惨的景象。

  12. Getting food to starving people does nothing to stop the war .

    为挨饿的人们提供食物对制止战争毫无帮助。

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

    投资严重缺乏的不光是电力工业。

  14. We were drowning in data but starved of information .

    我们淹没在大量的数据中却找不到有用的信息。

  15. Pictures of starving children have sent many people scurrying to donate money .

    看到一张张忍饥挨饿的孩子们的照片,许多人赶忙捐钱。

  16. A number of the prisoners we saw are starving

    我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。

  17. The army intends to take the city or simply starve it into submission .

    军队打算占领该城市或干脆截断其粮食补给迫使其投降。

  18. Apart from anything else I was starving .

    别的不说,我饿坏了。

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

    他说唯一的其他选择就是让人们挨饿,又说这是绝对不允许发生的。

  20. The land is bountiful and no one starves .

    这片土地物产丰富,没有人挨饿。

  21. The effect was to disrupt the food chain , starving many animals and those that preyed on them

    其结果就是破坏食物链,使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。

  22. In these places people starved , were flogged , were clubbed to death

    在这些地方,人们忍饥挨饿,遭受鞭打,甚至会被乱棍打死。

  23. You have built up a huge property empire by buying from wretched people who had to sell or starve .

    你靠从那些不卖房就得挨饿的可怜人手里买下房子后建立起了庞大的房产帝国。

  24. Starving dogs feasted on the human corpses .

    饿狗贪婪地啃食着人的尸体。

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

    在20世纪30年代,有几百万乌克兰人饿死或被驱逐出境。

  26. Judy decided I was starving myself .

    朱迪认定我在让自己挨饿。

  27. She 's starving herself trying to lose weight .

    她让自己挨饿试图减肥。

  28. The well-fed don 't know how the starving suffer .

    饱汉不知饿汉饥。

  29. Don 't starve the kitten .

    别饿着小猫。

  30. We are starving & so let 's get some food first .

    我们都饿坏了,得尽先解决吃饭问题。

  • 短语动词
  • 习语

以下资源来自牛津词典

starve sb into sth/into doing sth

断绝食物(或资金)来源以迫使某人做某事
to force sb to do sth by not allowing them to get any food or money

starve sb/sth of sth

使某人(或事物)得不到所需要的
to not give sth that is needed

I felt starved of intelligent conversation.

让我感到痛苦的是无法与有识之士交谈。

The department has been starved of resources.

这个部门一直缺少资金。

starve sb↔out (of sth)

以断绝食物来源迫使某人出来
to force sb to leave a particular building or area by not allowing them to get any food

v.

be starving (for sth)

饿得很
to feel very hungry

When's food? I'm starving!

饭什么时候好?我快饿死了!