| 词汇 | hunger |
| 释义 | hunger noun uk /ˈhʌŋ.ɡər/ us /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɚ/ hungernoun (NEED FOR FOOD)B1[ U ] the feeling you have when you need to eat: 饥饿感 satisfy your hungerI can't believe that that enormous meal wasn't enough to satisfy your hunger.我无法相信那么一顿丰盛的饭菜都无法填饱你的肚子。 faint from/with hungerBy about nine o'clock she started to feel faint from/with hunger.9点钟的时候，她开始饿得有点头晕了。 hunger pangsI often suffer from hunger pangs (= strong feelings of needing something to eat) in the middle of the afternoon.下午过半时，我常常会感到一阵阵的饥饿。 B2[ U ] a situation in which the body does not have enough food: 饥饿 die of hungerAll over the world, people die of hunger every day.全世界每天都有人饿死。 After three days, we felt an agonizing, gnawing hunger.三天后，我们开始感觉到饥饿的煎熬和折磨。 I don't know why I'm eating more - it's not hunger, it's just greed!我不知道自己为什么还想吃——不是因为觉得饿，只是贪嘴！ We hadn't eaten since yesterday and the hunger pangs were getting harder to ignore.我们从昨天起一直没有吃东西，饥饿引起的阵阵胃疼越来越难以忍受了。 It revolts me to know that the world spends so much money on arms when millions are dying of hunger.这个世界有数以百万计的人因饥饿挣扎在死亡线上，但却有那么多的钱花在军备上，这真让我感到震惊。 Hundreds of refugees collapsed from hunger and thirst.成百上千的难民饥渴难耐瘫倒在地。 Hungry & thirsty anorectic anorexigenic anti-hunger appetite be gaspingidiom famished food poverty hunger striker hungrily hungry parched smack your lipsidiom starvation starved thirst thirstily thirsty underfed undernourished voracity hungernoun (DESIRE)C1[ S or U ] a strong wish or desire: 渴望，盼望 hunger forDespite some difficult times, he never lost his hunger for adventure/knowledge/success. Feelings of desire appetite caprice carnality carnally compulsion desperation entitled hankering impulse impulse buy impulse buying itchy temptation thirst urge vaulting whim whimsy wish yen hunger | American Dictionaryhunger noun[ U ] us/ˈhʌŋ·ɡər/ hungernoun[U] (FOOD)the uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach caused by the need for or lack of food: Mother Teresa devoted her life to fighting hunger in the poorest parts of the world. hungernoun[U] (DESIRE)a strong wish or desire: a hunger for adventure/power hunger verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ] us/ˈhʌŋ·ɡər/ to want something very much: She had always hungered for a starring role in a musical. Examples of hungerhunger They are not ex parte figures, put in by people hungering for a duty to enable them to exploit consumers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He hungers for the old words, but that matter is now settled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were very often underpaid; they had no pensions scheme, and the one thing for which they are hungering is a pension scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I saw a community which had hungered for peace enjoying after so many years the fruits of peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall then be left with a vast building trade in this country hungering for something to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The country's industries are hungering for raw and other material, such as railway wagons, locomotives, etc. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The parents, relatives, comrades and friends of our soldiers, are all hungering for this news. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my opinion, that world unity for which we are hungering will not come about by paper theorising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirty million pounds divided among these enormous number of trades, each of which is hungering for trade, and the captains of industry engaged in which are hungering for business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The boys and girls became so because of hunger. They had ample food and there was no hunger. The lessening of weight fluctuations and the containment of chronic thinness, as compared with the 1960s, gave further leverage for cushioning seasonal hunger. The more they consumed, the more they hungered for power. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Puppetman was becoming an independent, and demanding, force in his mind, constantly hungering for more. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. People impute deliberativeness to their choices even when it is their feelings - such as hunger - that account for their conduct. See all examples of hunger These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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