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hunger

/huhng-ger/US // ˈhʌŋ gər //UK // (ˈhʌŋɡə) //

饥饿,饥饿感,饥饿症,饥荒

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a compelling need or desire for food.
    • : the painful sensation or state of weakness caused by the need of food: to collapse from hunger.
    • : a shortage of food; famine.
    • : a strong or compelling desire or craving: hunger for power.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to feel hunger; be hungry.
    • : to have a strong desire.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Rare. to subject to hunger; starve.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounappetite for food, other desire

Examples

  • Understanding how the hunger for social contact is produced in the brain might allow a deeper understanding of the role social isolation plays in some illnesses.

  • Europe has also seen a new level of social activism among soccer stars, with English national team players Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling making tangible gains on issues from childhood hunger to racial equality.

  • They help us respond to hunger pangs and then tell us when we’ve eaten enough.

  • In addition to facing high rates of homelessness and hunger, food insecurity in the trans community is also a problem.

  • If we were able to fix that, so that women were no longer second-class citizens, I think it would impact every other problem that we have — hunger and the environment and war.

  • I wish this was the last time I had to worry about hunger and bombs.

  • World peace, religious tolerance, and an end to global poverty, hunger, and disease.

  • His hunger strike in December 2011 received nation-wide recognition and was one of the sparks that ignited the protest movement.

  • While in pre-trial detention, Krivov undertook two hunger strikes.

  • Now Jena Malone is 30, and with roles in Inherent Vice, The Hunger Games, and a massive superhero film, all the rage.

  • It was he who first said, If thine enemy hunger give him food, if he thirst give him drink.

  • Or, if I escaped these dangers for a day or two, what could I expect but a miserable death of cold and hunger?

  • Jacob robbed his brother of his birthright by trading on his hunger; Joseph robbed a whole people in the same way.

  • Hunger had to be satisfied, however, and I had to swallow my pride and my five-pennyworth.

  • To obtain the necessaries of life they endure cold and hunger in an extraordinary manner.