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starvation

🇬🇧 UK/stɑ:'veiʃәn/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A severe and prolonged lack of food causing extreme suffering or death.

饥饿；挨饿；饿死

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
starvroot
+
ationact, process, state
=starvation

Common Collocations

  • 1.die of starvation饿死
  • 2.face starvation面临饥饿
  • 3.starvation wages极低的薪酬
  • 4.on the brink of starvation濒临饿死的边缘

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Millions of people in the region face starvation due to the prolonged drought.

  • 2.

    The aid workers raced against time to prevent starvation among the refugees.

  • 3.

    Starvation remains one of the most pressing humanitarian crises in the world today.

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