英汉词典

famine 基本解释

• n. 饥荒；饥饿，奇缺

famine 词态变化

famine 中文词源

来自拉丁语fames,饥饿，饥荒。

famine 英文词源

famine

famine: [14] Both famine and famish [14] come ultimately from Latin famēs ‘hunger’. Its Vulgar Latin derivative *faminis produced Old French famine, source of English famine. Famish has come via a more circuitous route: another Vulgar Latin derivative of famēs was *affamāre, a compound verb formed with the prefix ad- ‘towards’; in Old French this became afamer, which was borrowed into Middle English, with loss of its first syllable, as fame ‘starve’; and before long this had the suffix -ish added to it, on the model of other verbs such as abolish and diminish.
=> famish

famine (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French famine "famine, starvation" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *famina, from Latin fames "hunger, starvation, famine," which is of unknown origin.

famine 英文释义

1. an acute insufficiency

2. a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

famine 同义词解析

hunger, famine, starvation

这些名词均有"饥饿"之意。

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。

famine 双语例句

1. The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

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2. If there is a danger of famine, we should help.

如果有可能出现饥荒，我们应该提供帮助。

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3. The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.

正常的气候变化因饥荒而成了灾难。

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4. The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.

音乐会的收入将用于救助饥荒。

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5. This is not another appeal for famine relief.

这不是为赈济饥荒的又一次募捐。

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famine 实用场景例句

a severe famine

严重饥荒

牛津词典

disasters such as floods and famine

水灾和饥荒这一类灾难

牛津词典

the threat of widespread famine in the area

这一地区内的大范围的饥荒威胁

牛津词典

to raise money for famine relief

为赈济饥荒筹款

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Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine...

成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。

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The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place.

即将发生饥荒之时, 严重的战乱爆发了.

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Famine caused widespread distress.

饥荒引起了普遍的忧虑.

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Many people die of famine every year.

每年有很多人死于饥荒.

辞典例句

We're collecting for the famine victims.

我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款.

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They lived through the long famine.

他们经历了长久的饥荒而未死.

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Famine visited this region.

饥荒侵袭了这一地区.

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They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine.

他们决定不依靠外援来救灾.

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Thousands died of famine.

数千人死于饥荒.

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Famine and war still afflict mankind.

饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦.

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It has been predicted that the Earth will tilt on its axis , causing catastrophic famine and disease.

有人曾预言地球会导致大荒灾和疾病.

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They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.

他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂.

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Famine stared us in the face.

饥荒迫在眉睫.

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We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.

我们给饥荒赈济基金捐了款.

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The peasants store up the grain against famine.

农民们贮粮备荒.

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There was once a grievous famine in the land.

该国曾经发生过一次大饥荒.

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It is conservatively estimated that not less than half a million people died in the famine.

据保守估计,死于这场饥荒的人数不少于50万.

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Spend a year of plenty the way you spend a year of want and remind yourself of famine even when the barn is full.

丰年要当歉年过,有粮常想无粮时.

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People bought in stocks of tinned goods in anticipation of a famine year.

人们买进大量罐头食品以防饥荒的一年.

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Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine.

许多慈善机构捐款赈济饥民。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

disasters such as floods and famine

水灾和饥荒这一类灾难

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

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We can deliver supplies and work to break the back of the famine.

我们可以运送物资，努力解决饥荒中最关键的问题。

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This is not another appeal for famine relief.

这不是为赈济饥荒的又一次募捐。

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