starved

美 [stɑːrvd]英 [stɑːvd]
  • v.(使)挨饿,饿死;缺乏…的;急需…的
  • adj.饥饿的;饥肠辘辘的
  • starve的过去分词和过去式
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  • 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。

adj

1
extremely hungry
they were tired and famished for food and sleep
a ravenous boy
the family was starved and ragged
fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy
Synonym: famished ravenous sharp-set esurient
2
suffering from lack of food
Synonym: starving

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  1. 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。

  2. He looks half starved and wants feeding up .

    他看上去一副忍饥挨饿的样子,需要多吃点东西。

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

    我们不能袖手旁观,让一些人挨饿。

  5. The animals were left to starve to death .

    那些动物只能等着饿死。

  6. 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。

  7. I felt starved of intelligent conversation .

    让我感到痛苦的是无法与有识之士交谈。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. 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。

  14. Don 't starve the kitten .

    别饿着小猫。

  15. Don 't worry . you 're not going to be starved to death .

    你放心,饿不死你。

  16. It was like watching a starved plant draw up water , to see her drink in his companionship .

    这情形就像看着一株憔悴的植物吸进水份一样,眼看着她和自己在一起吸收着友谊。

  17. But eventually the man starved to death because he was unwilling3 to take the food .

    但那人终因不肯吃他的东西而饿死了。

  18. The animals can suffocate1 or starve after becoming trapped .

    它们在被困住后可能会窒息或挨饿。

  19. 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。

  20. They decided to starve the enemy out .

    他们决定使敌人受饿而出来。

  21. The suspicion is this process goes awry6 in people at risk of anorexia , making it easier for them to starve themselves .

    但人们怀疑,这个过程在有患厌食症风险的人群中出现了偏差,从而使他们有进食障碍。

  22. Right before I walked down the aisle to marry her son , my mother-in-law told me , " Michelle , if a man can 't make himself a sandwich , he should starve . "

    就在我要步上红毯嫁给她儿子之前,我婆婆对我说:“米歇尔,如果一个男人不会给自己做三明治,那他就活该饿死。”

  23. The man raised his head suddenly , opening his eyes wide and said angrily : " It is exactly because I don 't want to take this kind of hand-out food given by people shouting charity that I have starved to such an extent ! "

    那个人猛地抬起头来,双眼圆睁,生气地说:“我就是因为不吃这种人家吃喝着施舍的食物,才饿到这种地步的啊!”

  24. Many nutrition experts say that one of the reasons people starve

    许多营养专家指出:人类挨饿的原因之一

  25. Famine causes many children in third world countries to starve .

    饥荒使很多第三世界国家的儿童挨饿。

  26. He 'd have starved and so would all of us .

    不学就得饿死,我们全都得饿死。

  27. People in this region are starved of drinking water .

    这个地区的人们急需饮用水。

  28. They would starve if food was difficult to find .

    如果食物难以找到,他们会挨饿。

  29. Rather than do such work , I would starve .

    我情愿饿死也不愿干这份工作。

  30. Does a good father allow a single child to starve ?

    一个好的父亲不会让他的任何一个孩子挨饿。