famine

noun

1. 饥荒
   a lack of food during a long period of time in a region
   1. a severe famine
      严重饥荒
   2. disasters such as floods and famine
      水灾和饥荒这一类灾难
   3. the threat of widespread famine in the area
      这一地区内的大范围的饥荒威胁
   4. to raise money for famine relief
      为赈济饥荒筹款

1. N-VAR 饥馑;饥荒
   Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. Civil war and famine sent the nation plunging into anarchy.
   内战和饥荒使该国陷入了无政府状态。
2. This is not another appeal for famine relief.
   这不是为赈济饥荒的又一次募捐。
3. 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。
4. Famine hit that benighted country once more.
   饥荒再次席卷了那个蒙昧的国家。
5. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
   饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.
   音乐会的收入将用于救助饥荒。
9. Northern Somalia was largely spared from the famine.
   索马里北部的大部分地区逃过了这场饥荒。
10. A famine started which, together with the war, carried away millions of lives
    一场饥荒开始了，再加上战争，夺走了几百万条生命。
11. 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。
12. They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine.
    他们决定不依靠外援来救灾。
13. The peasants store up the grain against famine.
    农民们贮粮备荒。
14. A famine broke forth.
    发生了饥荒。
15. Famine stared us in the face.
    饥荒迫在眉睫。
16. Thousands died of famine.
    数千人死于饥荒。
17. Famine and war still afflict mankind.
    饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦。
18. We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.
    我们给饥荒赈济基金捐了款。
19. Some Africans are suffering from famine, pestilence and other evils.
    有些非洲人正在承受着饥荒、疫病及其他不幸。
20. In1934, there was a severe famine in china.
    一九三四年中国发生过一次大饥荒。
21. War, famine and flood are terrible evils.
    战争，饥荒和水灾都是可怕的灾难。
22. That year thousands of people died of famine.
    那年，成千上万的人死于饥荒。
23. The plague and the famine sent thousands of people to their long home.
    瘟疫和饥荒把成千上万的人送入了坟墓。
24. We are going to have to continue to think about drought and famine.
    我们必须要继续考虑干旱和饥荒的问题。
25. Drought has caused famine in Africa.
    干旱在非洲造成了饥荒。
26. They went through the agonies of war and famine.
    他们经历了战争和饥荒的痛苦。
27. War brings death and famine.
    战争导致死亡和饥荒。
28. Famine visited this region.
    饥荒侵袭了这一地区。
29. Famine and disaster relief assistance;
    饥荒和其他灾害救济；
30. Famine and war have thinned the population.
    灾荒和战争使人口减少了。

  hunger famine starvation【导航词义：饥饿】

  hunger n. 饥饿；饥饿感；渴望

〔辨析〕普通用词，指长期缺乏食物造成的饥肠辘辘，也指想吃东西的感觉，可引申指对某物的渴求，常后接介词 for。

  famine n. 饥荒；奇缺

〔辨析〕指因天灾人祸而引起的大规模食物匮乏，可引申指某种物资或资源的严重缺乏。

  starvation n. 挨饿，饿死

〔辨析〕指因长期缺乏食物而造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，比 hunger 语气要重；也可用作定语，表示极少量的、极低的。

noun

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

2. an acute insufficiency

   Synonym:    dearthshortage