starve of
phrasal verbstarve somebody/something of something
(North American English also starve somebody/something for something)
- [usually passive] to not give or have something that is needed
（使某人或事物）得不到所需要的 - I felt starved of intelligent conversation.
让我感到痛苦的是无法与有识之士交谈。 - The department has been starved of resources.
这个部门一直缺少资源。 - The baby's brain had been starved of oxygen.
那婴儿的大脑缺氧了。
- I felt starved of intelligent conversation.