| 释义 |
starve /stɑːv/ vi. | vt. | phr.
❶ vi.
1. 挨饿；饿死
Many live in luxury while others are starving. 许多人生活奢侈，而另一些人却在挨饿。
He starved to death in a hunger strike. 他在一次绝食斗争中饿死了。
Reptiles often live in deserts where other animals would starve. 爬行动物常生活在荒漠地区，而那里的其它动物就会饿死。
2. 〈口〉饿极，饿得慌
What time's dinner? I'm starving! 什么时候开饭? 我饿坏了!
3. 迫切需要，渴望 (for)
starve for knowledge 渴求知识
The motherless children were starving for affection. 没娘的孩子们渴望爱抚。
4. 经受极端贫困
5. 〈古〉挨冻；冻死
6. 〈废〉死亡
❷ vt.
1. 使挨饿；使饿死
The prison guards starved their prisoners. 狱卒不让犯人吃饱。
Ten men starved themselves to death in prison last year. 去年有10个人在监狱里绝食而死。
2. (以饥饿等)强迫
starve sb. into capitulation 以饥饿迫使某人投降
3. 使匮乏，使急需
The people refused to pay taxes to starve the government of funds. 人民拒绝纳税以使政府资金匮乏。
The plant was starved of light and died. 那棵植物缺少光照而死去。
The patient's brain is starved for oxygen. 病人的大脑缺氧。
children starved of affection 迫切需要爱抚的儿童
4. 用饥饿疗法治疗(疾病等)
She starved herself in an attempt to lose weight. 她用节食的办法试图减肥。
5. 用切断火源的方法扑灭(火)
6. 〈古〉〈英方〉使挨冻；使冻死
[< OE steorfan to die; 与 OFris sterva to die, OHG sterban 有关] phr. starve down (或 out) (以饥饿等)迫使…就范 starve the enemy out 断绝粮草迫使敌人投降 starve sb. out by refusing to support him 拒绝赡养某人来迫使其就范 |