hunger

US [ˈhʌŋɡər]
UK [ˈhʌŋɡə(r)]
  • n.饥饿；饥荒；渴求；饥饿感
  • v.饥饿；使饥饿；使因饥而… (into out of)
  • Web渴望；欲望；洪格尔
Simple Present：hungers  Present Participle：hungering  Past Tense：hungered  

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HUNGER
n.
1.
[u]
饥饿；饥荒the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death
Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp.
集中营里每天大约有五十人饿死。
The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.
这个机构致力于减少世界上的饥饿和疾病。
2.
[u]
饥饿感；食欲；胃口the feeling caused by a need to eat
hunger pangs
饥饿引起的胃痛
I felt faint with hunger.
我当时饿得发昏。
3.
[sing]
~ (for sth)
（对某事物的）渴望，渴求a strong desire for sth
a hunger for knowledge
对知识的渴求
Nothing seemed to satisfy their hunger for truth.
似乎没有什么能满足他们对真理的渴求。
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Definition:
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To go on hunger strike and shed tears on account of one's personal interests may be considered a kind of contradiction among the people.
为个人的利益而绝食，而流泪，这也算是一种人民内部的矛盾。
wèi gè rén de lì yì ér jué shí , ér liú lèi , zhè yě suàn shì yī zhǒng rén mín nèi bù de máo dùn 。
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2.
They passed a barn, where they at him with a boy and his father are crowded with people who suffer from hunger.
他们路过一处谷仓，便在那里同一个男孩和他正在挨饿的父亲挤在一起。
tā men lù guò yī chù gǔ cāng , biàn zài nà li tóng yī gè nán hái hé tā zhèng zài ái è de fù qīn jǐ zài yì qǐ 。
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3.
He did not mind the hunger so much, but the lack of water caused him severe suffering and fanned his wrath to fever pitch.
他的怒火越烧越旺，他不太在乎饥饿，可没水喝使他非常痛苦，煸得他的怒火达到狂热的程度。
tā de nù huǒ yuè shāo yuè wàng , tā bù tài zài hū jī è , kě méi shuǐ hē shǐ tā fēi cháng tòng kǔ , biān de tā de nù huǒ dá dào kuáng rè de chéng dù 。
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4.
He went on hunger strike for her, at last persuading the authorities to let her go abroad for medical treatment.
他为她绝食抗议，最后终于说服官方同意她出国治疗。
tā wèi tā jué shí kàng yì , zuì hòu zhōng yú shuō fú guān fāng tóng yì tā chū guó zhì liáo 。
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5.
Here are two key things you can do to help end hunger. Both are free and easy to do.
这里有两件事是你不需要花钱也容易做的
zhè lǐ yǒu liǎng jiàn shì shì nǐ bù xū yào huā qián yě róng yì zuò de
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6.
Jane : Me, too. You know, all this hunger strike talk is making me hungry. And here it comes!
珍：我也是。聊了这么些绝食抗议真让人肚子饿。我的餐来了！
zhēn : wǒ yě shì 。 liáo le zhè me xiē jué shí kàng yì zhēn ràng rén dù zi è 。 wǒ de cān lái le !
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7.
There lies in the heart of every man and woman a quiet hunger: a longing for an earth shaking significance from love.
在我们每个人心中都深藏着一份无声而真实的渴望：一种创造辉煌人生的爱的渴望。
zài wǒ men měi gè rén xīn zhōng dōu shēn cáng zhe yī fèn wú shēng ér zhēn shí de kě wàng : yī zhǒng chuàng zào huī huáng rén shēng de ài de kě wàng 。
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8.
An infant feels hunger or discomfort, and is unaffected except by his own physical condition.
婴儿感到饥饿或难受，并且是未受影响除了由他自己的物理状态。
yīng ér gǎn dào jī è huò nán shòu , bìng qiě shì wèi shòu yǐng xiǎng chú le yóu tā zì jǐ de wù lǐ zhuàng tài 。
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9.
but he had lived in a world in which, as he said, no one who loved ideas need hunger mentally.
然而正如他说的，在他生活的世界里，没有哪个爱思想的人精神上会感到饥饿。
rán ér zhèng rú tā shuō de , zài tā shēng huó de shì jiè lǐ , méi yǒu nǎ ge ài sī xiǎng de rén jīng shén shàng huì gǎn dào jī è 。
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The question of world hunger is a very hard nut to crack. I doubt if we'll find the answer to it in my lifetime.
世界性的饥饿问题是个极其难以解决的问题，我恐怕人们在我这一辈子都找不出解决的办法。
shì jiè xìng de jī è wèn tí shì gè jí qí nán yǐ jiě jué de wèn tí , wǒ kǒng pà rén men zài wǒ zhè yí bèi zi dōu zhǎo bù chū jiě jué de bàn fǎ 。
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