詞彙精選：starvation的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

餓死；捱餓；飢餓；絕食

例句：

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

長期的飢餓和衰老可以導致胚胎發生能力的復壯。

例句：

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

飢餓是食物攝入量的一個極端，肥胖則是另一個極端。

二、詞義辨析：

hunger,famine,starvation

這些名詞均有“飢餓”之意。hunger普通用詞，指人體對於食物迫切需要的正常生理現象。famine指因天災人禍而引起大規模饑荒；用作引申，指嚴重缺乏某種物資或人力。starvation語氣比hunger強得多。指因長期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，側重人爲的災難所致。

三、參考例句：

Are poverty and starvation sustainable?

貧窮和捱餓是可以忍受的嗎？

The starvation hangs over their lives.

飢餓在威脅着他們的生命。

Extreme food prices mean starvation for millions.

極端的食品價格意味着數百萬人會捱餓。

He suffered from starvation and disease.

他因飢餓和疾病而受苦。

The poor old man died of starvation.

那個可憐的老人被餓死了。

An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation.

估計有700萬人面臨着餓死的危險。

My elder sister died of starvation during the war.

我姐姐在戰爭期間餓死了

People there are exposed to starvation, flood and wars.

那裏的人們飽受飢餓、洪水和戰爭的傷害。

My elder sister died of starvation during the war.

我姐姐在戰爭期間餓死了。

Many people die of starvation during famines every year.

每年發生饑荒時都有許多人餓死。