词族 · starvation
词形变化
派生词
中文词源
starvation 饥饿，挨饿
来自 starve,使挨饿，饥饿，-ation,名词后缀。
英语词源
- starvation (n.)
- 1778, hybrid noun of action from starve. Famously (but not certainly) introduced in English by Henry Dundas during debate in the House of Commons in 1775 on American affairs. It earned him the nickname "Starvation Dundas," though sources disagree on whether this was given in objection to the harshness of his suggestion of starving the rebels into submission or in derision at the barbarous formation of the word. It is one of the earliest instances of -ation used with a native Germanic word (flirtation is earlier).
As to Lord Chatham, the victories, conquests, extension of our empire within these last five years, will annihilate his fame of course, and he may be replaced by Starvation Dundas, whose pious policy suggested that the devil of rebellion could be expelled only by fasting, though that never drove him out of Scotland. [Horace Walpole, letter to the Rev. William Mason, April 25, 1781]
权威例句
- 1. 1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation.
- 150万人正面临着被饿死的急迫危险。
- 2. An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation.
- 估计有700万人面临着饿死的危险。
- 3. I was suffering from acute sunstroke, starvation and exhaustion.
- 我严重中暑，又饿又累。
- 4. Drought has left more than two million people close to starvation.
- 干旱让两百多万人濒临饿死。
- 5. Many people die of starvation during famines every year.
- 每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死.
词语辨析
【hunger, famine, starvation】
这组词都有“饥饿”的意思，其区别是：
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。
这组词都有“饥饿”的意思，其区别是：
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。