undernourishment
n. 營養不良
If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
Forty per cent of children under five in developing countries are short for their age because of undernourishment.
在發展中國家,5歲以下的孩子中有40%因為營養不良而身高偏低。
1. not having enough food to develop or function formally
His health collapsed from undernourishment.
他的身體因營養不良而垮了.
What with overwork and what with undernourishment his brother became very ill.
一方面因為工作過度,一方面因為營養不良,他哥哥病得很重.
What with overwork and ( what with ) undernourishment , she fell ill.
一來操勞過度, 二來 營養不良, 她病倒了.
The collapse of his health is brougt on by undernourishment.
他的健康惡化是由營養不足造成的.