famine

英[ˈfæmɪn]美[ˈfæmɪn]

n.饥荒；

复数：famines;

例句

They lived through the long famine.他们经历了长久的饥荒而未死。

There was once a grievous famine in the land.该国曾经发生过一次大饥荒。

We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.我们给饥荒赈济基金捐了款。

We're collecting for the famine victims.我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款。

It has been predicted that the Earth will tilt on its axis,causing catastrophic famine and disease.有人曾预言地球会导致大荒灾和疾病。

Tom Jaine considers the latest batch of food volumes, which address both feast and famine. Some are mind-nourishing, he found, while others left him craving more substance.*新出版的一批食品类图书的内容中不仅仅探讨了盛宴，同时还讨论了有关饥荒的一些内容。然而汤姆•坚尼认为，尽管这些书中有一些颇具内涵，但是另外一些则在实质内涵方面仍有欠缺。

People bought in stocks of tinned goods in anticipation of a famine year.人们买进大量罐头食品以防饥荒的一年。

More die by food than by famine.饥馑而死的少,饱食而死的多。出自：英语谚语

Famine still afflicts children of third - world countries.饥荒仍然折磨着第三世界的孩子.

Organizing famine relief presents huge logistical problems.筹画馑救济工作在后勤方面困难极大.

同义词

n.

famine的同义词之：饥荒;饥饿;奇缺

absencelackstarvationdeficiencywantneedshortage

famine的同义词之：其他释义

absenceshortagewantscarcitylackneeddeficiencystarvation

反义词

n.

famine的反义词之：奇缺

affluenceplentyabundance

famine的反义词之：其他释义

plenty

同义词解析

以下这些名词均有"饥饿" 的意思

hunger：普通用词，指人体对于食物迫切需要的正常生理现象。

famine：指因天灾人祸而引起大规模饥荒；用作引申，指严重缺乏某种物资或人力。

starvation语气比hunger强得多。指因长期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，侧重人为的灾难所致。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-VAR

饥馑;饥荒

Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.

例句

Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine...成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

英汉词典释义

n.

饥荒

Many people die of starvation during famines every year.每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。

英英词典释义

Noun

1. an acute insufficiency

2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

行业词典

药学： 饥荒；