starve

動詞

1. 1

   餓、飢餓口語，常用進行式

   I skipped lunch, so I'm absolutely starving right now.

   我午餐沒吃，現在餓得不行。

2. 2

   餓死

   Thousands of people starved during the long drought.

   在那場長期乾旱中，有數千人餓死。

3. 3

   使挨餓、餓死

   They starved the prisoners for days before releasing them.

   他們讓囚犯餓了好幾天才放人。

4. 4

   匱乏、缺乏常用被動，接 of

   The public hospitals have been starved of funding for years.

   公立醫院多年來一直經費不足。

5. 5

   渴望、極需接 for

   The child was clearly starving for attention from her parents.

   那個孩子顯然很渴望父母的關注。