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词汇 starve-of
释义

starve someone/something of something


phrasal verb with starveverbuk /stɑːv/ us /stɑːrv/
to not provide enough of something that is needed, or to prevent someone or something from getting enough of what is needed :
Schools have been starved of funds for years.
To get rid of nettles you can starve them of sunlight by laying dark covers over them.
A mistake by doctors starved him of oxygen when he was born and robbed him of a normal life.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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bankruptcy
be hard up (for something)idiom
bereft
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in someone's hour of needidiom
inappeasable
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minus
scrape
scrape the bottom of the barrelidiom
scream
scream (out) for somethingidiom
shortage
shy
skimpily
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