famine-主題

famine

['famin]

n.饑荒, 極度缺乏

例句與用法：

Millions of people gave freely in response to the famine appeal.

千百萬人響應救災呼籲而慷慨解囊。

War, famine and flood are terrible evils.

戰爭、饑荒和洪水都是可怕的災禍。

The Government has pledged itself to send aid to the famine victims.

政府已承諾賑濟飢民。

Famine is often the sequel to war or drought.

饑荒往往是戰爭或乾旱造成的。

Under water, famine; under snow, bread.

[諺]洪水造饑饉，瑞雪兆豐年。

It's impossible to remain unmoved by her reports of the famine.

任何人對她報導的饑荒情況都不可能無動於衷。

We are collecting money for the famine victim.

我們在為遭受饑荒的災民募捐。

Thousands of people died of famine.

千千萬萬的人死於饑荒。

英文解釋:

名詞 famine:

an acute insufficiency

同義詞：dearth, shortage

a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

同義詞

shortage | want | starvation | scarcity | lack | absence | need | deficiency | dearth | food shortage | deprivation |

反義詞

plenty |

以上來源於大辭典