hunger

• 表示身体对食物的需求或饥饿感的名称；也用于比喻义，形容对某事物的强烈渴望或追求。

A noun referring to the physical sensation or state of needing or wanting food; also used figuratively to describe a strong desire or craving for something.

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1. Physical need for foodA2formal

   The feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food.

   饥饿

   • After the long hike, they felt intense hunger.
   • Hunger drove him to eat the stale bread.
   • The charity works to relieve hunger in poor communities.

   同义词appetiteemptinesshungrinessravenousness

2. Strong desire or cravingB2formal

   A powerful longing or need for something, not necessarily food.

   渴望

   • She had a hunger for knowledge that never faded.
   • His hunger for success motivated him to work harder.
   • The artist's hunger for recognition was evident in his work.

   同义词acheappetitecravingdesirehankeringitchlongingthirsturgeyearning

• 动词，表示强烈渴望或渴求某物，通常指食物或抽象的需求。

A verb used to express a strong desire or craving for something, typically food or an abstract need.

1. To feel or suffer from lack of foodB1formal

   To experience the physical sensation of needing food.

   饥饿

   • The refugees hungered for days without proper meals.
   • During the famine, many people hungered and starved.
   • He hungered after a long day of hiking.

   同义词famishstarve

2. To have a strong desire or cravingB2formal

   To yearn or long for something intensely.

   渴望

   • She hungered for knowledge and read every book she could find.
   • The artist hungered for recognition of his work.
   • They hungered for justice after the unfair trial.

   同义词achecovetcravehankerlongpinethirstyearn

   反义词disdainscornspurn