vi.挨餓；受餓；極度匱乏
vt.使挨餓；使餓死
They would starve if food was difficult to find. 如果很難找到食物，他們就會(huì)挨餓。
They would rather starve than give way. 他們寧愿餓死也不妥協(xié)。
The explorers starved to death in the desert. 探險(xiǎn)者們在沙漠中餓死了。
The plant was starved of light and died. 這株植物因?yàn)闃O度缺乏光照而死了。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)It is silly to starve yourself to be skinny. 顯得有骨感而挨餓是愚蠢的.
They tried to starve him into submission. 他們試圖用饑餓來使他屈服。
starve的基本意思是“挨餓”,指人或動(dòng)物由于食物少而忍饑挨餓,甚至有可能餓死。用于比喻,還可表示“極端”“渴望”。在古英語里starve還可表示“使挨凍”。
starve可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),表示“感覺餓”; 用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),表示“使…饑餓”,接名詞或代詞作賓語。
starve可跟含介詞短語的復(fù)合賓語,但不可跟含有動(dòng)詞不定式或形容詞的復(fù)合賓語,因此也不可用形容詞或動(dòng)詞不定式作主語補(bǔ)足語。例如: 他被餓死了。誤:He was starved dead.誤:He was starved to die.正:He was starved to death.
