英语词汇“famine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	famine
释义	Trends of famine View usage for: famine (fæmɪn) Word forms: plural famines variable noun Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die. Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine. The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies. Synonyms: hunger, want, starvation, deprivation More Synonyms of famine famine in British English (ˈfæmɪn) noun 1. a severe shortage of food, as through crop failure or overpopulation 2. acute shortage of anything 3. violent hunger Word origin C14: from Old French, via Vulgar Latin, from Latin famēs hunger famine in American English (ˈfæmɪn) noun 1. an acute and general shortage of food, or a period of this 2. any acute shortage 3. Archaic starvation Word origin ME < OFr < VL famina < L fames, hunger < IE base dhē-, to wither away > daze More idioms containing famine it's feast or famine Examples of 'famine' in a sentence famine Of course, a complete end to war, disease and famine across the globe would be wonderful. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There is no sense of the liquidity famine ending any time soon. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Famine required people to move abroad to build new lives. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Wars that killed more through famine and hunger than through actual conflict. Times, Sunday Times (2012) They collect for famine relief and give time to good causes. Times, Sunday Times (2008) They were given a potato famine of a script. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The world is blighted by drought and famine. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The cause of their anguish is not war or famine. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The famine relief office officials shrugged and directed me to the military police commander. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He insists there is no evidence for claims money sent for famine relief was used to buy arms. The Sun (2010) It has done more to allay the physical ills of disease and famine than any other impulse known to man. Christianity Today (2000) The year-long fish hunger famine had given way to feast. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The cold and rain afflicted much of Europe and led to widespread famine and disease. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Famine, war and disaster followed. Times, Sunday Times (2016) You are thrown into hostile environments: not just war zones but patrols in deserted villages and earthquake zones rife with famine and disease. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In most people's minds, drought equals famine. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It's one of those outré places that live in self-imposed famine with vanity hunger. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But when disease, famine or drought strike, life is cut short. The Sun (2009) Famine, disease, and misery were rife. Hunt, E. K. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies (1995) We need famine relief, but we're just not a fashionable tribe. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The following year was so cold it led to widespread crop failures, famine and disease across Europe. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Most have been involved in providing food and medical care to victims of the famine, drought and war in Somalia. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Quotations They that die by famine die by inchesMatthew HenryExpositions on the Old and New Testament In other languages famine British English: famine /ˈfæmɪn/ NOUN A famine is a serious shortage of food in a country, which may cause many deaths. ...refugees trapped by war and famine. American English: famine Arabic: مَجاعَة Brazilian Portuguese: penúria Chinese: 饥荒 Croatian: glad Czech: hladomor Danish: hungersnød Dutch: hongersnood European Spanish: hambruna Finnish: nälänhätä French: famine German: Hungersnot Greek: λιμός Italian: carestia Japanese: 飢饉 Korean: 기근 Norwegian: hungersnød Polish: głód European Portuguese: fome Romanian: foamete Russian: голод Latin American Spanish: hambruna Swedish: hungersnöd Thai: ความขาดแคลนอาหาร Turkish: kıtlık Ukrainian: голод Vietnamese: nạn đói Chinese translation of 'famine' famine (ˈfæmɪn) n (c/u) 饥(飢)荒 (jīhuang) (阵(陣), zhèn) famine relief 赈(賑)济(濟)饥(飢)荒 (zhènjì jīhuang) (noun) in the sense of hunger Definition a severe shortage of food The severity of the drought led to famine. Synonyms hunger Hundreds of people died of hunger during the famine. want The men were daily becoming weaker for want of rest. starvation Over three hundred people had died of starvation. deprivation Unemployment can sometimes cause social deprivation. scarcity an ever-increasing scarcity of water dearth a dearth of resources destitution attempts made to relieve destitution Quotation They that die by famine die by inches [Matthew Henry – Expositions on the Old and New Testament] Additional synonyms in the sense of dearth Definition an inadequate amount a dearth of resources Synonyms lack, want, need, absence, poverty, shortage, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, scarcity, paucity (formal), insufficiency, sparsity, scantiness, exiguousness in the sense of deprivation Unemployment can sometimes cause social deprivation. Synonyms want, need, hardship, suffering, distress, disadvantage, oppression, detriment, privation (formal), destitution in the sense of destitution attempts made to relieve destitution Synonyms pennilessness, want, distress, dire straits, privation (formal), penury, neediness, beggary, indigence, pauperism, impecuniousness, utter poverty Synonyms of 'famine' famine Explore 'famine' in the dictionary
随便看	with tears in her eyes with that with the aid of sb/sth with the best with the best (of) intentions with the best will in the world with the exception of with the gloves off with the help of sb/sth with the naked eye with this (with) tongue in cheek with varying degrees of success withwind withy with young with your bare hands with your eyes glued to something with your eyes open with your leave with your reputation intact with your tail between your legs with-your-tail-between-your-legs with your tail up witless

　

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