| [/stɑːv; stɑrv/] v 用法:
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] (cause a person or an animal to) suffer severely or die from hunger （使人或动物）挨饿, 饿死:
Thousands of cattle are starving. 成千上万的牛正在挨饿. *
starve to death 饿死 *
(infml) She's starving herself to try to lose weight. 她正在用节食的办法减轻体重. 用法:
2 [Ipr, Tn.pr usu passive 通常用於被动语态] ~ for sth; ~ sb of sth (cause sb to) suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted; deprive sb of sth （使某人）得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物; 缺乏:
children starving for/starved of affection 渴望受人疼爱的孩子 *
(fig 比喻) Industry is being starved of technical expertise. 工业界技术力量匮乏. 用法:
3 [I] (infml) (used only in the continuous tenses 仅用於进行时态) feel very hungry 感觉很饿:
What's for dinner? I'm starving! 晚饭吃什麽? 我饿极了! 用法:
4 (phr v) starve sb into sth/doing sth force sb to do sth by not allowing him to get food 使某人挨饿以迫其做某事:
starved into surrender/surrendering 饿得只好投降. starve sb out (of sth) force sb out of a hiding-place, etc by stopping supplies of food 将某人饿得从隐藏处出来:
It took 8 days to starve them out (of the building). 用了8天时间才把他们饿得（从那座建筑物里）出来了. |