单词 | starvation line |
释义 | > as lemmasstarvation line starvation line n. the estimated level of income beneath which a person cannot obtain enough food to survive. ΚΠ 1907 J. London Iron Heel xvii. 251 The hard times of the preceding year had thrust great masses of the proletariat beneath the starvation line. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier v. 80 A man and wife on twenty-three shillings a week are not far from the starvation line. 1984 Africa Devel. 9 iii. 63 Skyrocketing inflation..has literally placed millions of Nigerians on the starvation line. < as lemmas |
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