starvation
starvation 英 [stɑ:ˈveɪʃn] 美 [stɑrˈveɪʃn]
n. 饥饿；挨饿
名词复数:starvations
- Starvation is what happens if you don’t eat for days or weeks and your body starts to shut down. Extreme poverty, drought and other dire circumstances can contribute to starvation.
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- n. 饥饿；挨饿
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1. to die of starvation, to die from starvation
饿死
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2. Millions will face starvation next year as a result of the drought.
由于发生旱灾，明年将有数百万人面临饥饿的威胁。
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3. a starvation diet
不足果腹的食物
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4. They were on starvation wages .
他们挣的工资不够维持基本生活。
- starvation (n.) 1778, hybrid noun of action from starve. Famously (but not certainly) introduced in English by Henry Dundas during debate in the House of Commons in 1775 on American affairs. It earned him the nickname "Starvation Dundas," though sources disagree on whether this was given in objection to the harshness of his suggestion of starving the rebels into submission or in derision at the barbarous formation of the word. It is one of the earliest instances of -ation used with a native Germanic word (flirtation is earlier), based on a false analogy with vex/vexation, etc.
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