| 单词 | starve |
| 释义 | starve (stɑːʳv ) Word forms: starves , starving , starved 1. verb 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. [VERB] In the 1930s, millions starved to death or were deported. [VERB + to] Getting food to starving people does nothing to stop the war. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: die from lack of food, die from malnourishment 2. verb To starve someone means not to give them any food. Judy decided I was starving myself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] 3. verb 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. [be VERB-ed + of] ...companies in danger of being starved of capital by their banks. [V n of n] ...an audience hungry for American films and long starved of choice. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: deprive, strip, rob, dispossess Translations: Chinese: 饿得要死 Japanese: 餓死する |
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