hunger

noun

/ˈhʌŋɡə(r)/

/ˈhʌŋɡər/

[uncountable] the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death饥饿；饥荒 synonym starvation
- Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp.集中营里每天大约有五十人饿死。
- The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.这个机构致力于减少世界上的饥饿和疾病。
- Thousands of people have died of hunger.已有数以千计的人被饿死。
- the campaign to end world hunger为消除世界饥荒而开展的活动
Topics Social issuesb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- extreme
- constant
- global
- …
verb + hunger
- feel
- be weak from
- be weak with
- …
hunger + noun
- pangs
- strike
phrases
- pangs of hunger
[uncountable] the feeling caused by a need to eat饥饿感；食欲；胃口
- If you feel hunger pangs between meals, eat some fruit or nuts.如果你在两餐之间感到饥饿，吃一些水果或坚果。
- I felt faint with hunger.我当时饿得发昏。
- The new snack bar will keep those hunger pangs at bay.新开张的小吃店能让人不再饿得胃疼。
- mid-morning, when those hunger pangs strike上午 10 点来钟肚子饿得难受的时候
- The meal had not satisfied his hunger.那顿饭他没吃饱。
- The walkers were weak from hunger.徒步旅行者因饥饿身体很虚弱。
- Any good weight loss regime should not lead to extreme hunger.任何好的减肥方法都不应该产生极度的饥饿感。
- It is usual to feel hunger during exercise.锻炼时感到饥饿是常事。
- Perhaps the cat was killing to satisfy hunger.那只猫也许是为了填饱肚子而大开杀戒。
Topics Feelingsb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- extreme
- constant
- global
- …
verb + hunger
- feel
- be weak from
- be weak with
- …
hunger + noun
- pangs
- strike
phrases
- pangs of hunger
[singular] hunger (for something) (formal) a strong desire for something（对某事物的）渴望，渴求
- She has an insatiable hunger for knowledge.她对知识有着无止境的渴求。
- Nothing seemed to satisfy their hunger for truth.似乎没有什么能满足他们对真理的渴求。
- There is a real hunger and passion for football in China.在中国对足球有种真正的渴望和激情。
- Peasant land hunger grew ever more acute as the population swelled.随着人口膨胀，农民对土地的渴求越来越强烈。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep
- great
- insatiable
- …
verb + hunger
- feel
- have
- satisfy
- …
hunger + verb
- grow
preposition
- hunger for

词源Old English hungor (noun), hyngran (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch honger and German Hunger.