starve

过去式：starved过去分词：starved现在分词：starving第三人称单数：starves

1. vt. & vi. (使)挨饿,饥饿 (cause to) suffer from great hunger

• starve the horse使马挨饿
• starve the prisoner使囚犯挨饿

• starve agonizingly〔miserably〕痛苦地挨饿
• starve ceaselessly连续不断地挨饿
• starve cruelly残忍地挨饿
• starve deliberately故意地挨饿
• starve gradually慢慢地挨饿
• starve mentally精神上挨饿
• starve niggardly勉强地挨饿
• starve out以饥饿迫使…离开
• starve the enemy out以饥饿迫使敌人出来

• starve for渴望,需要,因缺乏…而死亡
• starve for knowledge渴求知识
• starve into以饥饿迫使…
• starve of渴望,急需; 迫切需要
• starve of food迫切需要食物
• starve to death饿死
• starve oneself to death绝食至死

starve to death饿死

starve for渴望；急需

1. They were suffered to starve on the pavement.
   他们流流街头，忍饥挨饿。
2. They would starve if food was difficult to find.
   如果很难找到食物，他们就会挨饿。
3. They would rather starve than give way.
   他们宁愿饿死也不妥协。
4. The explorers starved to death in the desert.
   探险者们在沙漠中饿死了。
5. The plant was starved of light and died.
   这株植物因为极度缺乏光照而死了。

1. It is silly to starve yourself to be skinny.
   显得有骨感而挨饿是愚蠢的.
2. They tried to starve him into submission.
   他们试图用饥饿来使他屈服。
3. The enemy is trying to starve us out.
   敌人想把我们饿出来。