starvation
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。
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Millions are threatened by starvation and disease each year.
每年都有数以百万计的人受到饥饿和疾病的威胁。
The man was dying of starvation.
那个人快要饿死了。
Limbs withered by disease and starvation.
因疾病和饥饿而造成的四肢萎缩。
Over three hundred people have died of starvation since the beginning of the year.
从年初起，已有300多人饿死。
During their first winter, over half of the settlers ① died of starvation or epidemics.
在那里的第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病。
An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation
估计有700万人面临着饿死的危险。