famine
famine — 名詞
- faminesingular
- faminesplural
1. a long time when very many people in a region have far too little food to eat, o
饑荒
區域性糧食嚴重不足造成大量人口挨餓死亡
a long time when very many people in a region have far too little food to eat, often because crops have failed or war has stopped food supplies, leading to widespread hunger and deaths.
A severe famine struck Ethiopia in 1984, killing hundreds of thousands of villagers.
1984 年衣索比亞發生嚴重饑荒，造成數十萬村民死亡。
famine struck + [place] for naming where a famine occurred
Failed rains and crop disease caused a terrible famine across northern Kenya.
雨水不足加上農作物病害，使肯亞北部爆發可怕的饑荒。
cause + famine showing what triggered the shortage
Aid workers say the war in Tariq's province is pushing the country toward famine.
救援人員表示，Tariq 所在省份的戰爭正把整個國家推向饑荒邊緣。
pushing [place] toward famine for an approaching crisis
Élise's grandmother walked sixty kilometres to find food during the famine of 1972.
Élise 的奶奶在 1972 年的饑荒期間走了六十公里去找食物。
during the famine for time-reference usage
The United Nations warned that millions of children could die if famine spreads to the coast.
聯合國警告，如果饑荒蔓延到沿海地區，可能有數百萬名兒童喪命。
famine spreads / spreads to [place] for geographic expansion
- severe famine
- widespread famine
- declare a famine
- relieve a famine
- starvation
the physical state of suffering from no food; famine is the wider event that causes starvation
- food shortage
neutral and less severe; a shortage can be brief, while a famine implies deaths
- hunger crisis
modern news term; often used before a situation officially meets the famine definition
文法句型
a famine in [place]
during the famine
famine spread across [region]
用法筆記
Usually refers to a region-wide food crisis, not personal hunger. Often paired with country names or a specific year (the Irish famine, the 1984 famine).
常見錯誤
同根字
- famished形容詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- famine relief
- famine victim
- famine zone
常用片語
- on the brink of famine
- feast or famine
介系詞搭配
- famine in
- during a famine
- from famine