starve

动词

1. 1

   饿、饥饿口语，常用进行式

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

   我午餐没吃，现在饿得不行。

2. 2

   饿死

   Thousands of people starved during the long drought.

   在那场长期干旱中，有数千人饿死。

3. 3

   使挨饿、饿死

   They starved the prisoners for days before releasing them.

   他们让囚犯饿了好几天才放人。

4. 4

   匮乏、缺乏常用被动，接 of

   The public hospitals have been starved of funding for years.

   公立医院多年来一直经费不足。

5. 5

   渴望、极需接 for

   The child was clearly starving for attention from her parents.

   那个孩子显然很渴望父母的关注。