starve/stɑːv/

vi

1. 挨饿；饿死

• Thousands of people will starve if food doesn't reach them in time. 如果食物不及时送到，成千上万的人将会挨饿。

• He will either die from the cold or starve to death. 他要么会被冻死，要么会被饿死。

2. 渴望，极需要

• The poor kid was starving for affection. 那可怜的孩子需要关爱。

3. 美口 饿极，挨饿

• I'm starving. 我饿极了。

vt 使挨饿，使饿死

• The flower was starved of water and died. 花儿缺少水分而死了。

• The school is understaffed and starved of funds. 学校缺乏师资力量，急需资金。

词组starve out (或down) 以饥饿迫使屈服

• If we can't blast them out, we'll starve them out. 如果我们不能靠轰炸迫使他们投降，那么就用断绝粮草的方法迫使他们就范。