starve
英 [stɑːv]
[VERB]
starves , starving , starved
1. [I 不及物动词] 挨饿 , 饿死
If people starve, they suffer greatly from lack of food which sometimes leads to their death.
双语例句
例：A number of the prisoners we saw are starving.
我们看到的许多囚犯都快饿死了。
例：In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported.
在20世纪30年代，数百万乌克兰人或因饥饿而死，或被驱逐出境。
2. [T 及物动词] 使挨饿
To starve someone means not to give them any food.
双语例句
例：He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen.
他说唯一的办法是让人们挨饿，但又说这种做法是不允许的。
3. [T 及物动词] 使极其缺乏
If a person or thing is starved of something that they need, they are suffering because they are not getting enough of it.
双语例句
例：The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment.
电力行业并不是惟一极其缺乏投资的行业。
VERB. 动词
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