starvation

飢餓、餓死

Thousands of people died of starvation during the long drought.

在長期乾旱期間，有數千人死於飢餓。

斷糧、剝奪食物

The report accused the guards of the deliberate starvation of prisoners.

這份報告指控警衛刻意剝奪囚犯的食物。

匱乏、極度缺乏引申用法

Years of emotional starvation had left him unable to trust anyone.

多年的情感匱乏使他無法信任任何人。

極低的、微薄的僅用於名詞前

Factory workers there are still paid starvation wages.

那裡的工廠工人領的仍是微薄得難以餬口的工資。