famine的中文翻译是什么意思
famine
n. 饥荒
famine的柯林斯释义
N-VAR饥馑;饥荒
Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
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。
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。
famine的英文释义
Noun
1. an acute insufficiency
2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
famine的同义词辨析
hunger, famine, starvation
这些名词均有"饥饿"之意。
- hunger ： 普通用词，指人体对于食物迫切需要的正常生理现象。
- famine ： 指因天灾人祸而引起大规模饥荒；用作引申，指严重缺乏某种物资或人力。
- starvation语气比hunger强得多。指因长期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，侧重人为的灾难所致。
famine的场景例句
Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place.
即将发生饥荒之时, 严重的战乱爆发了.
Famine caused widespread distress.
饥荒引起了普遍的忧虑.
Many people die of famine every year.
每年有很多人死于饥荒.
We're collecting for the famine victims.
我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款.
They lived through the long famine.
他们经历了长久的饥荒而未死.