ADVERB | VERB + STARVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤slowly慢慢餓死▸➤literally活活餓死◇She refused food and literally starved herself to death.她拒絕進食,把自己活活餓死了。VERB + STARVE➤leave sb to任由某人捱餓◇He locked them in a room and left them to starve.他把他們鎖在一間屋子裏,任由他們捱餓。PREPOSITION➤for (usuallyfigurative) 渴望⋯◇He is starving for attention.他渴望受到關注。➤of缺乏⋯◇The baby's brain had been starved of oxygen.那嬰兒的大腦缺氧了。PHRASES➤be half starved餓得半死◇The poor cat was half starved.這隻可憐的貓已經餓得半死了。➤keep sb from starving使某人不捱餓◇320 tons of food are needed each month to keep the people from starving.每月需要 320 噸糧食,才能使人們不致捱餓。➤starve in the streets, starve on the streets在大街上忍飢捱餓◇Their policies will leave innocent children starving in the streets.他們的政策將讓無辜的兒童流落街頭,忍飢捱餓。➤starve to death餓死
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