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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7555 COCA: 7450

C1 [ I or T ] to (cause someone to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat(使)挨饿;(使)饿死

Whole communities starved to death during the long drought.在这场漫长的大旱中,整个村落的人都饿死了。
From talking to former prisoners in the camps, an obvious conclusion is that they have been starved.通过和从集中营出来的囚犯谈话,一个很明显的感觉就是他们一直在挨饿。

[ T often passive ] If you are starved of something necessary or good, you do not receive enough of it.(使)缺乏

People starved of sleep start to lose their concentration and may hallucinate.睡眠严重不足的人开始注意力不集中,而且可能会产生幻觉。

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We can't stand by while millions of people starve.

When the aid stopped, thousands of people simply starved to death.

We can't leave these people to starve.

I don't mind her going on a sensible diet just as long as she doesn't starve herself.

She had to starve for 24 hours before the treatment.

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7555 COCA: 7450
starve

verb

ADVERB | VERB + STARVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBslowly慢慢餓死literally活活餓死She refused food and literally starved herself to death.她拒絕進食,把自己活活餓死了。VERB + STARVEleave sb to任由某人捱餓He locked them in a room and left them to starve.他把他們鎖在一間屋子裏,任由他們捱餓。PREPOSITIONfor (usually figurative) 渴望⋯He is starving for attention.他渴望受到關注。of缺乏⋯The baby's brain had been starved of oxygen.那嬰兒的大腦缺氧了。PHRASESbe half starved餓得半死The poor cat was half starved.這隻可憐的貓已經餓得半死了。keep sb from starving使某人不捱餓320 tons of food are needed each month to keep the people from starving.每月需要 320 噸糧食,才能使人們不致捱餓。starve in the streets, starve on the streets在大街上忍飢捱餓Their policies will leave innocent children starving in the streets.他們的政策將讓無辜的兒童流落街頭,忍飢捱餓。starve to death餓死
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7555 COCA: 7450
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7555 COCA: 7450
starve
To kill a person or animal: kill, murder, strangle...

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