famine的中文翻譯是什麼意思
famine
n. 饑荒
famine的柯林斯釋義
N-VAR饑饉;饑荒
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...
成千上萬的難民陷於戰爭、旱災和饑荒之中。
The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.
內戰阻礙著救援機構對饑荒賑濟物資的配給。
famine的英文釋義
Noun
1. an acute insufficiency
2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
famine的同義詞辨析
hunger, famine, starvation
這些名詞均有"飢餓"之意。
- hunger ： 普通用詞，指人體對於食物迫切需要的正常生理現象。
- famine ： 指因天災人禍而引起大規模饑荒；用作引申，指嚴重缺乏某種物資或人力。
- starvation語氣比hunger強得多。指因長期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，側重人為的災難所致。
famine的場景例句
Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place.
即將發生饑荒之時, 嚴重的戰亂爆發了.
Famine caused widespread distress.
饑荒引起了普遍的憂慮.
Many people die of famine every year.
每年有很多人死於饑荒.
We're collecting for the famine victims.
我們正在為遭受饑荒的災民募款.
They lived through the long famine.
他們經歷了長久的饑荒而未死.