Starve
[ stɑrv ]
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vi. 挨饿;[非正式用语] 饥饿;受饿;[古语] 冻死;
vt. 使挨饿;饿死;
📝 例句
I'll starve before I touch the food you swine have stolen from us.
我饿死也不吃你们这些恶狗从我们手里抢去的东西。
A great many more periodically starve; many actually die of want.
还有很多人经常没有东西吃；不少人实际上死于贫困。
The explorers starved to death in the desert.
探险者们在沙漠中饿死了。
I'll never be dependent on anyone again I'd rather starve.
我再也不依赖任何人了,我宁愿饿死。
They starve for the experience of practical work.
他们迫切需要实际工作的经验。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ stare-盯,starve-挨饿:盯着空饭碗,只能干挨饿
※ carve-雕刻,starve-挨饿:他专心雕刻,忘记了我还在挨饿
※ star-明星,v-罗马数字“5”,e-拼音“鹅”:明星的5只鹅饿死了
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
starve
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
(cause a person or an animal to) suffer severely or die from hunger （使人或动物）挨饿, 饿死
Thousands of cattle are starving. 成千上万的牛正在挨饿.
starve to death 饿死
(infml 口) She's starving herself to try to lose weight. 她正在用节食的办法减轻体重.
2 [Ipr, Tn.pr usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
~ for sth; ~ sb of sth (cause sb to) suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted; deprive sb of sth （使某人）得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物; 缺乏
children starving for/starved of affection 渴望受人疼爱的孩子
(fig 比喻) Industry is being starved of technical expertise. 工业界技术力量匮乏.
3 [I] (infml 口) (used only in the continuous tenses 仅用於进行时态) feel very hungry 感觉很饿
What's for dinner? I'm starving! 晚饭吃什麽? 我饿极了!
4 (phr v) starve sb into sth/doing sth force sb to do sth by not allowing him to get food 使某人挨饿以迫其做某事
starved into surrender/surrendering 饿得只好投降. starve sb out (of sth) force sb out of a hiding-place, etc by stopping supplies of food 将某人饿得从隐藏处出来
It took 8 days to starve them out (of the building). 用了8天时间才把他们饿得（从那座建筑物里）出来了.
🎯 考研助记
士大夫(谐音)→士大夫宁肯挨 饿也不吃嗟来之食
🔁 扩展释义
*[stɑ:v]vt. (使)饿死, (使)挨饿vi. (使)饿死, (使)挨饿【医】 绝食, 饥锇; 锇死
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I wonder what the problem is.
我不知道发生了什么问题。
Gentlemen! Can't you agree on anything?
先生们，可否赞成一项？
Some have nuts in them, and some have meat or eggs.
有些里面有果仁，有些有肉或蛋。