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单词 starve
释义
starve
verb
uk
/stɑːv/us
/stɑːrv/
C1[IorT]
to (causesomeone to)becomeveryweakordiebecause there is not enoughfoodtoeat:
（使）挨饿；（使）饿死
Wholecommunitiesstarvedtodeathduring thelongdrought.在这场漫长的大旱中，整个村落的人都饿死了。
Fromtalkingtoformerprisonersin thecamps, anobviousconclusionis that they have been starved.通过和从集中营出来的囚犯谈话，一个很明显的感觉就是他们一直在挨饿。
More examples
  • We can'tstandby while millions ofpeoplestarve.
  • When theaidstopped, thousands ofpeoplesimplystarved todeath.
  • We can'tleavethesepeopleto starve.
  • I don'tmindher going on asensibledietjust aslongas she doesn't starve herself.
  • She had to starve for 24hoursbefore thetreatment.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • be as dead as a doornailidiom
  • bereave
  • bite
  • bleed out
  • buy the farmidiom
  • cadaveric
  • death toll
  • depart this lifeidiom
  • die off
  • drown
  • ghost
  • morbid
  • necrophiliac
  • perch
  • predecease
  • push
  • remains
  • shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
  • starvation
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Phrasal verb

starvesomeone/somethingofsomething
(Definition ofstarvefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

starve| American Dictionary

starve
verb[I/T]
us
/stɑrv/
tobecomeweakordiebecause there is not enoughfoodtoeat:
[I]Manypeoplecould starve because of thedrought.
If you say you are starving, youwanttoeat:
[I]I’m starved because Imissedlunchtoday.

starvation

noun[U]us
/stɑrˈveɪ·ʃən/
Theanimalsdiedof starvation.
(Definition ofstarvefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

starve| Business English

starve
verb[T,often passive]
uk
/stɑːv/us
if acompany, etc. is starved of somethingnecessaryor good, it does notreceiveenough of it:
starve sth of sthHispredecessorin thejobhad starved thebusinessofcapitalinvestment.
be starved of/for cash/funds/investmentThecompanywas starved ofcashandfailedtocompeteworldwide.

-starved

suffix
This is not anindustrywhich is capital-starved.
See also
cash-starved
(Definition ofstarvefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstarve

starve
At the time of the original composition he could not have been starved for her bosom, since he had not yet encountered her.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A given amount of blood adds more hours to the life of a highly starved bat than to a less starved one.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Radio broadcasters have to be content with a low status, and the medium has been starved of funds.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In addition, the number of was also consistently above a few per cent of cells for the serum starved cells.
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They were twice as likely to vomit at or around delivery compared to the starved group.
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In some instances the remaining eggs were fed to starved beetles.
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In our present cruel struggle between liberty and slavery, who are the persons starving for want of bread?
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Copepods were starved the day before experimental infection with tapeworms.
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Predators were starved for 10 days before each experiment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
More significantly, neither is there evidence to suggest that they were starving dramatic authors or actors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The third worried that he was starving his wife to death by not trying hard enough to find food that she wanted to eat.
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He is reduced to basic and pitiable human functions: a figure alone, defecating, starving, having a nightmare, crying.
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Cells were starved overnight in media containing 1% serum before each cell experiment.
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The flies were five days old and had been starved for 24 h before the gels were introduced in to the cages.
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All experimental insects were starved for 24 h prior to the experiment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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