starve

• 动词，表示因缺乏食物而挨饿或饿死，也可表示使某人得不到所需的食物或某物，引申为极度渴望或缺乏某种必需的东西。

A verb used to indicate the act of suffering or dying from lack of food, or being deprived of something essential.

1. Suffer from hungerB1formal

   To suffer or die from lack of food.

   挨饿

   • Many people starve in regions affected by drought.
   • The animals starved during the harsh winter.
   • He refused to eat and began to starve.

   同义词famishhunger

2. Deprive of somethingB2informal

   To be deprived of something essential or desired.

   使匮乏

   • The children were starved of attention from their parents.
   • She felt starved for affection after the breakup.
   • The plant starved for sunlight in the dark corner.

   同义词denydepriverobstripwithhold

   反义词feedindulgenourishprovidesatiatesatisfy