n.(名词)

1. 饥荒，饥馑，灾荒，荒
2. 饥饿
3. 奇缺，匮竭，极度缺乏
4. 歉收
5. 饥荒时期，饥馑年代

n.(名词)

1. [C][U]饥荒 (a case of) extreme lack of food for a very large number of people

Noun:

1. an acute insufficiency

2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

1.饥馑;饥荒
famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.

e.g. Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought andfamine...
成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。
e.g. The civil war is obstructing distribution offamine relief by aid agencies.
内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

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1. 饥饿：是以牛津大学学术委员会的前两个字母(Ox)和饥饿(famine)前一部分组成. 在全世界15000多家店铺中销售捐献的物品或是通过募集筹集资金. 早期的焦点集中于消除饥饿,但渐渐将目光放到了根本性解决贫穷和饥饿的问题上.

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2. 荒：3DO开发的角色扮演游戏<>(The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)已经吸引了众多玩家的注意,它其中包含的四个部分内容:战争(war)、饥荒(famine)、死亡(death)和瘟疫(pestilence)已经有两部分发布了,

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3. 饿：是以牛津大学学术委员会的前两个字母(Ox)和饥饿(famine)前一部分组成. 在全世界15000多家店铺中销售捐献的物品或是通过募集筹集资金. 早期的焦点集中於消除饥饿,但渐渐将目光放到了根本性解决贫穷和饥饿的问题上.

War, famine and flood are terrible evils.

战争、饥荒和洪水都是可怕的灾祸。

famine is often the sequel to war or drought.

饥荒往往是战争或干旱造成的。

It's impossible to remain unmoved by her reports of the famine.

任何人对她报道的饥荒情况都不可能无动于衷。

We are collecting money for the famine victim.

我们在为遭受饥荒的灾民募捐。

Thousands of people died of famine.

千千万万的人死于饥荒。

People in the eastern cities thought they faced a serious coal famine .

东部各城市的人民认为他们面临一次严重的煤荒。

a severe famine

严重饥荒

disasters such as floods and famine

水灾和饥荒这一类灾难

the threat of widespread famine in the area

这一地区内的大范围的饥荒威胁

to raise money for famine relief

为赈济饥荒筹款

Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine...

成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。

The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place.

即将发生饥荒之时, 严重的战乱爆发了.

famine caused widespread distress.

饥荒引起了普遍的忧虑.

Many people die of famine every year.

每年有很多人死于饥荒.

We're collecting for the famine victims.

我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款.

They lived through the long famine.

他们经历了长久的饥荒而未死.

famine visited this region.

饥荒侵袭了这一地区.

They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine.

他们决定不依靠外援来救灾.

Thousands died of famine.

数千人死于饥荒.

famine and war still afflict mankind.

饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦.

It has been predicted that the Earth will tilt on its axis , causing catastrophic famine and disease.

有人曾预言地球会导致大荒灾和疾病.

They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.

他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂.

famine stared us in the face.

饥荒迫在眉睫.

We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.

我们给饥荒赈济基金捐了款.

The peasants store up the grain against famine.

农民们贮粮备荒.

There was once a grievous famine in the land.

该国曾经发生过一次大饥荒.

It is conservatively estimated that not less than half a million people died in the famine.

据保守估计,死于这场饥荒的人数不少于50万.

Spend a year of plenty the way you spend a year of want and remind yourself of famine even when the barn is full.

丰年要当歉年过,有粮常想无粮时.

People bought in stocks of tinned goods in anticipation of a famine year.

人们买进大量罐头食品以防饥荒的一年.

Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine.

许多慈善机构捐款赈济饥民。

disasters such as floods and famine

水灾和饥荒这一类灾难

The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

We can deliver supplies and work to break the back of the famine.

我们可以运送物资，努力解决饥荒中最关键的问题。

This is not another appeal for famine relief.

这不是为赈济饥荒的又一次募捐。

1. Many people die of starvation during famines every year.
   每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。
2. The long drought was followed by months of famine.
   久旱之后出现长达数月的饥荒。

动词+～

• famine">cause famine引起饥荒
• famine">die of famine饿死
• famine">suffer from famine闹饥荒

形容词+～

• famine">big famine大饥荒
• famine">widespread famine蔓延甚广的饥荒
• famine">worldwide famine世界性饥荒

介词+～

• famine">perish by〔with〕 famine饿死

• This was one of the periods of tobacco famine and there was not a cigarette in the place.

  出自：G. Orwell

• ☆ 直接源自拉丁语的famēs意为饥饿。