hunger
单词辨析：
普通用词，指长期缺乏食物造成的饥肠辘辘，也指想吃东西的感觉，可引申指对某物的渴求，常后接介词 for。
Two hundred people in the area are dying of hunger every day.
那个地区每天有200人濒于饿死。
He suffered from hunger.
他饿极了。
She has a strong hunger for knowledge.
她有强烈的求知欲。
指因天灾人祸而引起的大规模食物匮乏，可引申指某种物资或资源的严重缺乏。
War brings death and famine.
战争带来死亡和饥荒。
There was a water famine in this area.
这地方闹过水荒。
指因长期缺乏食物而造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，比 hunger 语气要重；也可用作定语，表示极少量的、极低的。
starvation diet/wages
极少量的食物/极低的工资
The poor old woman died of starvation.
那个可怜的老妇人饿死了。
They are living on the verge of starvation.
他们正在饥饿线上挣扎。
相关例句：
While the house of the rich and powerful present a scene of feasting and revelry, cries of hunger and cold are heard out in the streets.
豪门灯红酒绿，街头啼饥号寒。
Other daughters, faced with their mother's emotional hunger, pull away
面对母亲的情感渴求，其他几个女儿都疏远了她。
Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.
该镇每天有300人濒于饿死。
They cannot sleep for hunger.
他们饿得睡不着。
With touching pathos he described the pangs of hunger.
他以极具感伤力的笔触描述了饥饿的痛苦。
They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
他们开始绝食以抗议有人所宣称的殴打行为。