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饥饿 in English:

1. hunger


I'm dying of hunger.
Hunger compelled the boy to steal money from the cash register.
She had some cookies to stay her hunger until dinner.
For him, hunger was an abstract concept. He had always had enough food.
Hunger knows no law.
What with fatigue and hunger, he was faint.
And this is how Pandark got lost in his room, never to be seen again. Some say that he died of hunger, others that he still wanders in search of his CDs.
Political prisoners are on a hunger strike for better conditions.
We can say that Japan was fighting a constant battle against hunger during the war.
It was as clear as day that Shinji would die from hunger.
Will protect us from the attacks of hunger during the day and provide the energy we need.
In these countries hunger is the rule.
During that time, we only heard about thieves, about murders, about men who had died of hunger.
It is a shameful fact that, while there are lands where people suffer from hunger, within Japan there are many households and restaurants where much food is thrown away.
all actors hunger for such a role

English word "饥饿"(hunger) occurs in sets:

词汇 (E-H) - Vocabulary (E-H)

2. starvation


Germany faced possible starvation.
When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.
The poor cat was on the verge of starvation.
Many children die of starvation in Africa.
After four days they were close to starvation.
had been dead for several days before his brother Homer died of starvation.
They are on the border of starvation.
With his crew stranded at sea, Christopher Columbus was able to save them from starvation by pulling 100 rabbits out of his hat.

English word "饥饿"(starvation) occurs in sets:

Illnesses, conditions and problems - basics - 疾病,状...

3. hungry


There is an urgent need for the international community to help feed hungry children.
Considering all I've eaten all day is just one slice of bread, I'm not really all that hungry.
A man with a full belly thinks no one is hungry.
It was the hungry bears that the villagers were afraid of.
It is sad that so few people give money to help the hungry.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Hungry?
However hungry you are, you must eat slowly.
Beth had to work very hard, and now she is hungry and exhausted.
I experienced a sense of well-being and was neither hungry nor thirsty.
I'm hungry, said the small white rabbit, so they stopped and ate the flower from a large hyacinth.
Is there a restaurant here? We’re really hungry.
Watch out! There are five hungry Soviet cows in the garden!
Hungry and thirsty, we at last reached the inn.
How many more Christmases must we go hungry?

English word "饥饿"(hungry) occurs in sets:

Describing People 描述人物 Miáoshù rénwù