hunger strike

noun

1. 绝食（抗议）
   the act of refusing to eat for a long period of time in order to protest about sth
   1. to be on /go on hunger strike
      进行绝食抗议

1. N-VAR 绝食（抗议）
   If someone goes on hunger strike or goes on a hunger strike, they refuse to eat as a way of protesting about something.
   1. The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days...
      抗议者已经绝食17天了。
   2. He has begun a hunger strike in protest over political violence in Karachi.
      为了抗议卡拉奇的政治暴力，他已开始了绝食。

1. They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
   他们开始绝食以抗议有人所宣称的殴打行为。
2. More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight
   400多名流亡者举行从早到晚的绝食抗议来让人们关注他们的苦难。
3. The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days
   抗议者已经绝食17天了。
4. He has begun a hunger strike in protest over political violence in Karachi.
   为了抗议卡拉奇的政治暴力，他已开始了绝食。
5. He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder
   他称他的谋杀罪为错判，因而进行绝食抗议。
6. Officials say some detainees go on and off hunger strike from time to time.
   美国官方说，一些在押人员时断时续地进行绝食。
7. The political prisoner went on a week long hunger strike.
   这名政治犯绝食一周，以示抗议。
8. The prisoners went on a hunger strike.
   犯人们进行绝食抗议。
9. Taiwan's former leader dehydrated over hunger strike.
   台湾前任领导人（陈水扁）因绝食导致脱水。
10. But according to one of his close aides, the74-year-old anti-corruption campaigner is refusing to leave and has gone on hunger strike.
    但是据他的一名亲密助手说，这位74岁的反腐活动家拒绝离开，并已绝食抗议。
11. Mr Hazare, who's been on hunger strike for nearly two weeks, has said he'll formally end his fast on Sunday.
    已经绝食抗议近两周的AnnaHazare称，他已经于周日正式结束了绝食。
12. Cuban doctors treating a political dissident who's on hunger strike say he is in danger of dying despite their efforts to keep him alive.
    对进行绝食抗议的一名政见不同者进行治疗的古巴医生表示，尽管他们努力拯救此人的生命，他仍处于死亡的危险中。
13. Her family, in Tehran to help win her freedom, says that she is very weak from an ongoing hunger strike.
    她的家人已在德黑兰，希望能帮助她获得自由。他们说，萨贝里由于正在进行绝食抗议，身体非常虚弱。
14. He was their last representative to die on the hunger strike.
    他是他们绝食斗争中死去的最后一个代表。
15. Some of those who are impounded go on hunger strike on and off.
    一些被扣押的人断续地进行绝食。
16. Prisoners began a hunger strike to protest at their conditions.
    囚犯们开始绝食以对他们的生活条件进行抗议。
17. They were carrying out a hunger strike in sympathy with mine.
    他们正在举行绝食抗议以声援我的斗争。
18. To go on hunger strike and shed tears on account of one's personal interests may be considered a kind of contradiction among the people.
    为个人的利益而绝食，而流泪，这也算是一种人民内部的矛盾。
19. The boy showed defiance by refusing to eat. All the prisoners on hunger strike had to be force-fed.
    这孩子以绝食来反抗。所有绝食的犯人均需强迫进食。
20. He went on a nine-week hunger strike.
    他开始了为期9周的绝食斗争。
21. Feed someone against his will during a hunger strike.
    在绝食中强使某人吃食物。
22. Mr margetts is one of three British prisoners who started a hunger strike on Sunday.
    马吉茨是周日开始的这场绝食抗议中的三名英国囚犯之一。
23. We had to go on hunger strike repeatedly just to receive letters from our loved ones.
    我们不得不多次绝食抗议，只是为了拿到亲人寄来的信件。
24. That deong won't stop at a riot, a hunger strike or anything else.
    狄扬不会罢休，骚乱，绝食或是别的什么。
25. The prison hunger strike increased support for the ira.
    监狱的绝食斗争加强了对爱尔兰共和军的支持。
26. Evo Morales, Bolivia's president, ended a five-day hunger strike after his government and the opposition reached agreement on a law that sets a general election for December.
    玻利维亚总统莫拉莱斯，在她与反对党在12月大选法律方面达成共识之后，结束了五天的绝食抗议。
27. Senior Indian officials are trying to prevent a high-profile yoga guru from commencing a public hunger strike.
    印度的高级官员正在试图防止一位引人注目的瑜伽导师发起一场公开的绝食活动。
28. I'm joining the hunger strike tonight.
    我要参加今晚的绝食抗议。
29. Several men have gone on hunger strike over conditions in the prison.
    几个人为狱中的条件而绝食抗议。

noun

1. a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest