
vi.挨餓;受餓;極度匱乏
vt.使挨餓;使餓死
They were suffered to starve on the pavement. 他們流流街頭,忍饑挨餓。
They would starve if food was difficult to find. 如果很難找到食物,他們就會挨餓。
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. 探險者們在沙漠中餓死了。
用作及物動詞 (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可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。用作不及物動詞時,表示“感覺餓”; 用作及物動詞時,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.