词汇精选：starvation的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

饿死；挨饿；饥饿；绝食

例句：

Prolonged starvation and aging might lead to rejuvenation of embryogenic potential.

长期的饥饿和衰老可以导致胚胎发生能力的复壮。

例句：

Starvation is at one extreme of the spectrum of food intake; obesity is at the other.

饥饿是食物摄入量的一个极端，肥胖则是另一个极端。

二、词义辨析：

hunger,famine,starvation

这些名词均有“饥饿”之意。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。

三、参考例句：

Are poverty and starvation sustainable?

贫穷和挨饿是可以忍受的吗？

The starvation hangs over their lives.

饥饿在威胁着他们的生命。

Extreme food prices mean starvation for millions.

极端的食品价格意味着数百万人会挨饿。

He suffered from starvation and disease.

他因饥饿和疾病而受苦。

The poor old man died of starvation.

那个可怜的老人被饿死了。

An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation.

估计有700万人面临着饿死的危险。

My elder sister died of starvation during the war.

我姐姐在战争期间饿死了

People there are exposed to starvation, flood and wars.

那里的人们饱受饥饿、洪水和战争的伤害。

My elder sister died of starvation during the war.

我姐姐在战争期间饿死了。

Many people die of starvation during famines every year.

每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。