starve
verb
stɑːv
verb
1
to
suffer
or
die
because
you
do
not
have
enough
to
eat
挨饿; 饿死
I
Thousands
of
people
will
starve
if
food
doesn’t
reach
the
city.
如果食物不能运到那座城市，许多人就要饿死。
pictures
of
starving
children
饥饿儿童的照片
They’ll
either
die
from
the
cold
or
starve
to
death
(=die
from
lack
of
food)
.
他们要么会被冻死，要么会被饿死。
2
to
prevent
someone
from
having
enough
food
to
live
使挨饿; 使饿死
T
The
poor
dog
looked
like
it
had
been
starved.
这条可怜的狗看起来一直在挨饿。
3
be starving be starved
also
又作
to
be
very
hungry
[美] 感觉很饿，饿极了
AmE
You
must
be
starving!
你肯定饿坏了！
4
to
not
give
something
that
is
needed
使某人/某物缺乏所需要的某物
The
schools
are
starved
of
funding.
这些学校缺乏资金。
The
poor
kid’s
just
starved
for
attention.
这可怜的孩子就是缺少人来关心。
5
to
force
someone
to
leave
a
place
by
preventing
them
from
getting
food
使〔某人〕挨饿而被迫离开〔某处〕
If
we
can’t
blast
them
out,
we’ll
starve
them
out!
如果不能把他们炸出来，我们就把他们饿出来！