Starvation
[stɑː'veɪʃn] or [stɑr'veʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; 'the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender'; 'they were charged with the starvation of children in their care'.
(noun.) a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period.
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解释:
(n.) The act of starving, or the state of being starved.
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同义词及近义词：
n. Famishment.
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例句:
- I explained that I had escaped from the Warhoons and was dying of starvation and exhaustion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- We seem to be in a pretty fix here with a splendid chance of dying of starvation and thirst. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- On the contrary, the disease gained virulence, while starvation did its accustomed work. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- That which was wild had become domesticated; regular crops took the place of haphazard gleanings from brake or prairie; the possibility of electrical starvation was forever left behind. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- They were blown hither and thither for two months, until sick and dying of scurvy, starvation, and thirst, they had been wrecked on a small islet. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Semi-starvation and neglected colds had predisposed most of the pupils to receive infection: forty-five out of the eighty girls lay ill at one time. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Starvation is not the only alternative. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Simply because this discovery stands between man and starvation. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
校对:赛克