starvation
英 [stɑ:ˈveɪʃn] 美 [stɑrˈveɪʃn]

n.

挨饿；饥饿；饿死；绝食

变形

复数：starvations

英英释义

starvation[ stɑ:'veiʃən ]

• n.
  • a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

    同义词：famishment

  • the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

    "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"

    同义词：starving

同近义词辨析

hunger, famine, starvation

这组词都有“饥饿”的意思，其区别是：

hunger普通用词，指人体对于食物迫切需要的正常生理现象。

famine指因天灾人祸而引起大规模饥荒；用作引申，指严重缺乏某种物资或人力。

starvation语气比hunger强得多。指因长期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，侧重人为的灾难所致。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The old woman died of starvation.
   老妇人被活活饿死。
2. These people are living on the verge of starvation.
   这些人正在饥饿线上挣扎。
3. He suffered from starvation and disease.
   他因饥饿和疾病而受苦。

权威例句

The Biology of Human Starvation
Impairment of starvation-induced and constitutive autophagy in Atg7-deficient mice
Role and regulation of starvation-induced autophagy in the Drosophila fat body.
The role of autophagy during the early neonatal starvation period.
JNK1-Mediated Phosphorylation of Bcl-2 Regulates Starvation-Induced Autophagy
Mitochondria supply membranes for autophagosome biogenesis during starvation
Leptin modulates the T-cell immune response and reverses starvation-induced immunosuppression
Phosphate (Pi) starvation effect on the cytosolic Pi concentration and Pi exchanges across the tonoplast in plant cells: an in vivo ...
The combined effects of tryptophan starvation and tryptophan catabolites down-regulate T cell receptor zeta-chain and induce a regul...
Unipolar cell divisions in the yeast S. cerevisiae lead to filamentous growth: regulation by starvation and RAS