starve

verb

1. die of food deprivation

e.g. The political prisoners starved to death
Many famished in the countryside during the drought

Synonym: famish

2. deprive of food

e.g. They starved the prisoners

Synonym: famish

3. deprive of a necessity and cause suffering

e.g. he is starving her of love
The engine was starved of fuel

4. be hungry
go without food

e.g. Let's eat--I'm starving!

Synonym: hungerfamish

5. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Synonym: cravehungerthirstlust

1. 挨饿;饿死
If people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death.

e.g. A number of the prisoners we saw are starving...
我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。
e.g. In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported...
在 20 世纪 30 年代，有几百万乌克兰人饿死或被驱逐出境。

2. 使挨饿
To starve someone means not to give them any food.

starve的解释

e.g. He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen...
他说唯一的其他选择就是让人们挨饿，又说这是绝对不允许发生的。
e.g. Judy decided I was starving myself.
朱迪认定我在让自己挨饿。

3. 使极其缺乏;使迫切需要
If a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it.

e.g. The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment...
投资严重缺乏的不光是电力工业。
e.g. The most damaging thing the West could do is to starve Russia of new foreign capital.
西方能够祭出的最阴险一招就是不让俄罗斯得到新的外资。

1. starve的反义词

1. 饿死：就在头三周里,一家人就多次为了不饿死(starve)出门走到(travel)外面吃饭(eat out). work out与文意不符. 而Bob去找到了一个做起来更容易简便(easier)的办法,而不是更干净(cleaner),更便宜(cheaper),更困难的(harder)办法,

2. starve的反义词

2. 餓死了：1.王威非常崇拜这位歌星,日夜盼望着在北京见到他.(admire;look forward to;day and night) 2.那些孩子因为没有足够的食物最后饿死了.(starve) 3.这位精力旺盛的诗人也没有能够找出这些词的起源.(origin;energetic;

3. 饿死;挨饿：19.specialty 专攻;专业;专长;特制品 | 20.starve 饿死;挨饿 | Dinning out 在外就餐(2)