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TOEFL BNC: 8598 COCA: 9590

starvation

starvation /stɑɚˈveɪʃən/ noun
starvation
/stɑɚˈveɪʃən/
noun
Learner's definition of STARVATION
[noncount]
: suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat : the condition of someone who is starving饥饿;饿死
TOEFL BNC: 8598 COCA: 9590

starvation

noun

star·​va·​tion stär-ˈvā-shən How to pronounce starvation (audio)
1
: the act or an instance of starving
2
: the state of being starved

Example Sentences

The famine brought mass starvation. Millions of people face starvation every day.
Recent Examples on the Web The United States will buy around 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the coming weeks for shipment to people facing starvation and severe drought in the Horn of Africa, officials say. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2022 The South East Asian nation has now run out of U.S. dollars to pay for critical imports, leading to mass protests as citizens face starvation and wait in long lines for fuel. Will Daniel, Fortune, 23 July 2022 Savimbi’s forces soon captured vast swaths of territory and cut supply lines to cities, producing starvation in some areas. Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 8 July 2022 Moreover, if grain supply is limited, poor countries in Asia and Africa will be left with limited supplies and millions will face starvation. Daria Mattingly, CNN, 29 June 2022 Dozens of countries across the globe are already suffering from devastating food shortages, so much so that the number of people facing starvation more than doubled in just the last two years, to 345 million, according to United Nations figures. Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Food Programme estimate that 49 million people are facing starvation. Gayle E. Smith, Forbes, 21 June 2022 In private, however, there is intense wrangling over how to do that without rewarding either Russia or Belarus, both of which are angling for relief from sanctions in return for help in heading off starvation. New York Times, 1 June 2022 The new government, which has been cut off from international aid, needs to raise revenue fast and provide jobs for a population facing mass starvation. Saeed Shah, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of starvation was in 1762
TOEFL BNC: 8598 COCA: 9590
starvation

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + STARVATION | STARVATION + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVEprolonged, slow長期的飢餓;慢性飢餓mass, widespread大規模/大範圍饑荒oxygen缺氧The pilot had lost consciousness because of oxygen starvation.飛行員因為缺氧已經失去了知覺。VERB + STARVATIONbe threatened with, face, suffer from受飢餓威脅;面臨飢餓;遭受飢餓折磨save sb from使某人擺脫飢餓avoid, prevent避免/防止飢餓die from, die of餓死STARVATION + NOUNdiet, rations節食減肥型飲食;無法填飽肚子的口糧配給wages難以維持生計的工資The workers lived in poor conditions and were paid starvation wages.工人的生活條件很差,所得工資難以維持生計。level飢餓線Millions of people around the world live at or below starvation level.全世界有數百萬人生活在飢餓線邊緣或飢餓線之下。PHRASESdeath by starvation, death from starvation餓死

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