同近义词辨析
hunger, famine, starvation
这组词都有“饥饿”的意思，其区别是：
hunger普通用词，指人体对于食物迫切需要的正常生理现象。
famine指因天灾人祸而引起大规模饥荒；用作引申，指严重缺乏某种物资或人力。
starvation语气比hunger强得多。指因长期缺乏食物所造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，侧重人为的灾难所致。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- The old woman died of starvation.
老妇人被活活饿死。 - These people are living on the verge of starvation.
这些人正在饥饿线上挣扎。 - He suffered from starvation and disease.
他因饥饿和疾病而受苦。
权威例句
The Biology of Human StarvationImpairment of starvation-induced and constitutive autophagy in Atg7-deficient miceRole and regulation of starvation-induced autophagy in the Drosophila fat body.The role of autophagy during the early neonatal starvation period.JNK1-Mediated Phosphorylation of Bcl-2 Regulates Starvation-Induced AutophagyMitochondria supply membranes for autophagosome biogenesis during starvationLeptin modulates the T-cell immune response and reverses starvation-induced immunosuppressionPhosphate (Pi) starvation effect on the cytosolic Pi concentration and Pi exchanges across the tonoplast in plant cells: an in vivo ...The combined effects of tryptophan starvation and tryptophan catabolites down-regulate T cell receptor zeta-chain and induce a regul...Unipolar cell divisions in the yeast S. cerevisiae lead to filamentous growth: regulation by starvation and RAS
