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starve
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
(cause a person or an animal to) suffer severely or die from hunger （使人或动物）挨饿, 饿死
Thousands of cattle are starving. 成千上万的牛正在挨饿.
starve to death 饿死
(infml 口) She´s starving herself to try to lose weight. 她正在用节食的办法减轻体重.
2 [Ipr, Tn.pr usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
~ for sth; ~ sb of sth (cause sb to) suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted; deprive sb of sth （使某人）得不到某事物而受苦或渴望获得某事物; 缺乏
children starving for/starved of affection 渴望受人疼爱的孩子
(fig 比喻) Industry is being starved of technical expertise. 工业界技术力量匮乏.
3 [I] (infml 口) (used only in the continuous tenses 仅用於进行时态) feel very hungry 感觉很饿
What´s for dinner? I´m starving! 晚饭吃什麽? 我饿极了!
4 (phr v) starve sb into sth/doing sth force sb to do sth by not allowing him to get food 使某人挨饿以迫其做某事
starved into surrender/surrendering 饿得只好投降. starve sb out (of sth) force sb out of a hiding-place, etc by stopping supplies of food 将某人饿得从隐藏处出来
It took 8 days to starve them out (of the building). 用了8天时间才把他们饿得（从那座建筑物里）出来了.
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