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单词 hunger strike
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Definition of hunger strike in English:

hunger strike

noun
  • A prolonged refusal to eat, carried out as a protest by a prisoner.

    one hundred students began a hunger strike
    mass noun political prisoners who had gone on hunger strike
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The hunger strike empowered a new generation, initially on the streets and then into the ballot box.
    • The father had been on a hunger strike and was handcuffed and forcibly removed to another centre.
    • While in prison again, he went on a hunger strike, surviving on water for 36 days.
    • Recently refugees from Afghanistan staged a hunger strike in protest against their treatment.
    • It did not say when she began the hunger strike or how her health condition is.
    • He was not allowed to pray, until a hunger strike by inmates led to a relaxation of the rules.
    • On May 6, two workers began a hunger strike and were followed by six more two days later.
    • Twice since the hunger strike began, the men have needed urgent medical attention.
    • In the meantime, he is on a hunger strike in a Canadian jail to protest the US legal system.
    • This would not be the case in a hunger strike where the doctor has access to all the information, and the purpose of the strike.
    • A pensioner who vowed to starve himself to death in a protest against his treatment in prison has called off his hunger strike.
    • She's adamant that she'll begin an indefinite hunger strike once she reaches jail.
    • He was arrested in August, began a hunger strike, and was taken to Brixton Prison.
    • In Turkish prisons eight people are on hunger strike in protest at prison isolation.
    • Her friends say she began a hunger strike 10 days ago after the Home Office told her she would have to return to Iran.
    • When the meeting promised for Monday morning did not materialise, the detainees began a hunger strike.
    • The hunger strike began on August 29 in the death row section of the prison.
    • In prison she went on hunger strikes, a tactic favoured by many of the suffragettes, as a hunger strike meant release from jail.
    • Some tried to claw their way over the barbed wire fences, and 20 detainees staged a hunger strike.
    • On Monday 4 July, a number of journalists started a hunger strike to protest the article.
    Synonyms
    period of fasting, period of abstinence

Derivatives

  • hunger striker

  • nounˈhʌŋɡə ˌstrʌɪkəˈhəŋɡər ˌstraɪkər
    • To increase pressure on the strikers guards began confiscating the inmates' snack foods, and the prison sent a medical officer around to check daily on every hunger striker.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was jailed as a freedom rider, arrested as a war protester and, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, as a hunger striker against nuclear weapons.
      • With parents and siblings and spouse and children sitting around the hunger striker's bedside, he knew that the last thing he would do for them was to break their hearts and their happiness.
      • How long can a hunger striker expect to survive?
      • A spokesperson for the hunger striker said that Congress had given itself fat salaries and pensions while the needs of the vast majority of retired workers were constantly overlooked.
 
 

Definition of hunger strike in US English:

hunger strike

nounˈhəNGɡər ˈˌstrīkˈhəŋɡər ˈˌstraɪk
  • A prolonged refusal to eat, carried out as a protest by a prisoner.

    one hundred students began a hunger strike
    mass noun political prisoners who had gone on hunger strike
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On Monday 4 July, a number of journalists started a hunger strike to protest the article.
    • It did not say when she began the hunger strike or how her health condition is.
    • In Turkish prisons eight people are on hunger strike in protest at prison isolation.
    • On May 6, two workers began a hunger strike and were followed by six more two days later.
    • A pensioner who vowed to starve himself to death in a protest against his treatment in prison has called off his hunger strike.
    • He was not allowed to pray, until a hunger strike by inmates led to a relaxation of the rules.
    • When the meeting promised for Monday morning did not materialise, the detainees began a hunger strike.
    • In the meantime, he is on a hunger strike in a Canadian jail to protest the US legal system.
    • Her friends say she began a hunger strike 10 days ago after the Home Office told her she would have to return to Iran.
    • Some tried to claw their way over the barbed wire fences, and 20 detainees staged a hunger strike.
    • This would not be the case in a hunger strike where the doctor has access to all the information, and the purpose of the strike.
    • Recently refugees from Afghanistan staged a hunger strike in protest against their treatment.
    • She's adamant that she'll begin an indefinite hunger strike once she reaches jail.
    • He was arrested in August, began a hunger strike, and was taken to Brixton Prison.
    • While in prison again, he went on a hunger strike, surviving on water for 36 days.
    • The hunger strike began on August 29 in the death row section of the prison.
    • Twice since the hunger strike began, the men have needed urgent medical attention.
    • The hunger strike empowered a new generation, initially on the streets and then into the ballot box.
    • The father had been on a hunger strike and was handcuffed and forcibly removed to another centre.
    • In prison she went on hunger strikes, a tactic favoured by many of the suffragettes, as a hunger strike meant release from jail.
    Synonyms
    period of fasting, period of abstinence
 
 
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