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单词 starvation
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starvation
noun[U]
uk
/stɑːˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/stɑːrˈveɪ.ʃən/
C2
thestateof having nofoodfor alongperiod, oftencausingdeath:
（常造成死亡的）饥饿，挨饿
20 millionpeoplefacestarvationunlessavastemergencyaidprogrammeislaunched.若不启动大型的紧急援助项目，两千万人将有饿死的危险。
Theanimalshaddiedofstarvation.这些动物饿死了。
figurativeTheypaystarvationwages(= not enoughmoneytoliveon).他们付的工钱极少，不够维持基本的生活。
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(Definition ofstarvationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstarvation

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The presumption is, of course, that the fly, deprived of its means of subsistence, died ofstarvation.
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Such features were rapidly disrupted, however, oncestarvationbegan.
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As pyruvate is produced by glycolysis and consumed by gluconeogenesis, parasite-inducedstarvationof the host should result in a depletion of hepatocellular pyruvate.
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Parental nutrition might influence offspring energy reserves and aptitude to undergo periods ofstarvationat the end of diapause.
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That would lead to massive deaths fromstarvationand cold (the severity of both depending slightly on timing).
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Certainly some of the prints showedstarvationand famine so severe that money and supplies must have been wanted.
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One daughter was born successfully after maternalstarvation, but in this case the grand-daughter failed to establish.
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With continued environmental degradation, the argument continues, agricultural production will decline, food deficits will increase and poverty andstarvationwill result.
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These policies resulted in the worst episode of massstarvationin the entire twentieth century.
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It can only be reversed by a deficiency of food, that is bystarvation.
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However, these pretreatment conditions are unnatural and essentially providestarvationconditions for the microbes as vermiculite is totally lacking in nutrients.
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In precolonial rural societies, the inevitable consequence of times of dearth wasstarvationand/or the fragmentation of communities.
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On this continent it appears that there are consistent increases instarvationresistance towards the tropics but opposing patterns for desiccation resistance.
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Deaths from famine,starvationand malnutrition are fewer than ever before.
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These findings indicate thatstarvationmay temporarily decrease an individual's relative openness to new experiences.
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danger of starvation
Such decisions are always liable to be taken if there is an imminent danger of starvation.
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edge of starvation
These people often lived on the edge of starvation.
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mass starvation
These policies resulted in the worst episode ofmassstarvationin the entire twentieth century.
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