starvation
翻译
饥饿, 饿死
例句
Many people died of starvation.
许多人死于饥饿。
The animals were close to starvation.
这些动物濒临饿死。
语法模式
死于 starvation 死于饥饿 Many people died of starvation.
濒临 starvation 濒临饿死 The animals were close to starvation.
近义词
同义词: famine (饥荒), hunger (饥饿); 反义词: satiety (饱足), fullness (饱满)
词源
来自古英语动词 'steorfan'（死亡）的 'to starve'（挨饿），加上构成名词的后缀 '-ation'。
记忆技巧
想象一颗耗尽燃料即将熄灭的“星星 (star)”——这与因缺乏食物而死亡相似。