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Many Irish people went over to America during the famine .
许多爱尔兰人在饥荒时期迁徙到美国。
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Her grandparents came over from Ireland during the famine .
她的祖父母是在饥荒时期从爱尔兰迁移过来的。
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Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine .
许多慈善机构捐款赈济饥民。
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Reports conflicted on how much of the aid was reaching the famine victims .
究竟有多少援助到了饥民手里,相关报告彼此矛盾。
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These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine .
几星期来的干旱再次引起了群众对大饥荒的恐慌。
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Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here .
旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。
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We can deliver supplies and work to break the back of the famine .
我们可以运送物资,努力解决饥荒中最关键的问题。
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The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief .
音乐会的收入将用于救助饥荒。
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A famine started which , together with the war , carried away millions of lives
一场饥荒开始了,再加上战争,夺走了几百万条生命。
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The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies .
内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。
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This is not another appeal for famine relief .
这不是为赈济饥荒的又一次募捐。
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Thousands of refugees are trapped by war , drought and famine
成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。
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Famine hit that benighted country once more .
饥荒再次席卷了那个蒙昧的国家。
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Northern Somalia was largely spared from the famine .
索马里北部的大部分地区逃过了这场饥荒。
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At least a quarter of a million people have died in the fighting and the resultant famines .
至少25万人死于这场战斗和由此引发的饥荒。
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The famine threatened to depopulate the continent .
饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
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There was a water famine in this area .
这地方闹过水荒。
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It is urgent that food and clothing be sent to the famine victims .
急需将食物和衣服送给饥民。
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About 20 % of that country 's population is afflicted by famine .
那个国家20%左右的居民饱受饥荒之苦。
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War brings death and famine .
战争导致死亡和饥荒。
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Many people died during famines every year before liberation .
解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。
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They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine .
他们决定不依靠外援来救灾。
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The peasants store up the grain against famine .
农民们贮粮备荒。
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Famine stared us in the face .
饥荒迫在眉睫。
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Thousands died of famine .
数千人死于饥荒。
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A famine broke forth .
发生了饥荒。
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Spend a year of plenty the way you spend a year of want and remind yourself of famine even when the barn is full .
丰年要当歉年过,有粮常想无粮时。
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That year thousands of people died of famine .
那年,成千上万的人死于饥荒。
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We made a contribution to the famine relief fund .
我们给饥荒赈济基金捐了款。
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In1934 , there was a severe famine in china .
一九三四年中国发生过一次大饥荒。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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