n.饑餓; 饑荒; 饑餓感; 食欲; 胃口; (對某事物的)渴望，渴求
v.（使）饑餓; 渴望

復(fù)數(shù)：hungers過去式：hungered現(xiàn)在分詞：hungering過去分詞：hungered第三人稱單數(shù)：hungers

牛津詞典

noun

饑餓；饑荒the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death

Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp.集中營里每天大約有五十人餓死。

The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.這個機構(gòu)致力于減少世界上的饑餓和疾病。

饑餓感；食欲；胃口the feeling caused by a need to eat

hunger pangs饑餓引起的胃痛

I felt faint with hunger.我當(dāng)時餓得發(fā)昏。

（對某事物的）渴望，渴求a strong desire for sth

a hunger for knowledge對知識的渴求

Nothing seemed to satisfy their hunger for truth.似乎沒有什么能滿足他們對真理的渴求。

verb

verb

柯林斯詞典

N-UNCOUNT 饑餓感Hunger is the feeling of weakness or discomfort that you get when you need something to eat.Hunger is the body's signal that levels of blood sugar are too low...饑餓感是身體發(fā)出的信號，表示血糖水平太低。

The nutritionally balanced menus are designed to help you lose up to a pound a day without hunger pangs.營養(yǎng)搭配均衡的菜譜旨在不必忍受饑餓的前提下幫您每天減掉一磅體重。

N-UNCOUNT 饑餓;饑荒Hunger is a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death.Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.該鎮(zhèn)每天有300人瀕于餓死。

...a desire to alleviate hunger and suffering in the Third World.減輕第三世界的饑荒和苦難的愿望

N-SING 渴望;渴求If you have a hunger for something, you want or need it very much.Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.格芬的成功欲望似乎永無止境。

...his hunger to equal Vardon's record of six wins.他想平瓦登六個冠軍頭銜的紀(jì)錄的渴望

VERB 渴望;渴求If you say that someone hungers for something or hungers after it, you are emphasizing that they want it very much.But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure.但朱爾斯對坐在課堂里學(xué)習(xí)并不熱心，他渴望冒險。

雙語例句

They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating. 他們開始絕食以抗議有人所宣稱的毆打行為。

The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger. 他們把搞到手的肉拿來充饑。

All people, she said, lived their lives in bondage to hunger, pain and lust. 她說，所有人的生活都受縛于饑餓、苦痛和欲望。

It's commonplace to see people collapsing from hunger in the streets. 在街上看見有人餓暈是很平常的事。

More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight 400多名流亡者舉行從早到晚的絕食抗議來讓人們關(guān)注他們的苦難。

They cannot sleep for hunger. 他們餓得睡不著。

Hunger made him hallucinate. 饑餓使他產(chǎn)生了幻覺。

Hunger is the body's signal that levels of blood sugar are too low 饑餓感是身體發(fā)出的信號，表示血糖水平太低。

The nutritionally balanced menus are designed to help you lose up to a pound a day without hunger pangs. 營養(yǎng)搭配均衡的菜譜旨在不必忍受饑餓的前提下幫您每天減掉一磅體重。

Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day. 該鎮(zhèn)每天有300人瀕于餓死。

Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless. 格芬的成功欲望似乎永無止境。

But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure. 但朱爾斯對坐在課堂里學(xué)習(xí)并不熱心，他渴望冒險。

The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days 抗議者已經(jīng)絕食17天了。

He has begun a hunger strike in protest over political violence in Karachi. 為了抗議卡拉奇的政治暴力，他已開始了絕食。

Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war 作為戰(zhàn)爭的間接后果，數(shù)百萬人可能會死于饑餓。

The multibillion-dollar fitness industry rakes in fat profits from our hunger to look good. 數(shù)十億美元的健身產(chǎn)業(yè)利用我們的愛美之心賺取巨額利潤。

The mere mention of food had triggered off hunger pangs 單單提到食物就引起了陣陣饑餓感。

Sugar gives quick relief to hunger but provides no lasting nourishment. 糖能快速緩解饑餓感，但不能提供持久的營養(yǎng)。

With touching pathos he described the pangs of hunger. 他以極具感傷力的筆觸描述了饑餓的痛苦。

Other daughters, faced with their mother's emotional hunger, pull away 面對母親的情感渴求，其他幾個女兒都疏遠(yuǎn)了她。

There is hunger in many parts of the world, even in rich countries. 世界上很多地方，甚至在富有的國家里，都有人忍饑挨餓。

Very early in life when the baby feels the pangs of hunger, she learns to scream. 當(dāng)新生兒感到饑餓時，就學(xué)會了喊叫。

Coca is well-known for reducing hunger, thirst and fatigue 人們都知道可樂能消餓、止渴和解乏。

He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder 他稱他的謀***罪為錯判，因而進行絕食抗議。

He satisfied his hunger with a sandwich and milk. 他以三明治和牛奶充饑。

Working with one's head causes a sensation of hunger quite as much as muscular work. 腦力勞動與體力勞動引起的饑餓感覺是完全一樣的。

He fainted from hunger. 他餓暈了。

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. 豪門燈紅酒綠，街頭啼饑號寒。

We must bring suffering and hunger to an end in the world. 我們必須結(jié)束世界上的苦難和饑餓。

My hunger was curbed by the snack. 吃了點心，我的饑餓得到了控制。

同義詞辨析

hungerfaminestarvation【導(dǎo)航詞義：饑餓】

hunger n. 饑餓；饑餓感；渴望

〔辨析〕普通用詞，指長期缺乏食物造成的饑腸轆轆，也指想吃東西的感覺，可引申指對某物的渴求，常后接介詞 for。

〔例證〕Two hundred people in the area are dying of hunger every day.那個地區(qū)每天有200人瀕于餓死。He suffered from hunger.他餓極了。She has a strong hunger for knowledge.她有強烈的求知欲。

famine n. 饑荒；奇缺

〔辨析〕指因天災(zāi)人禍而引起的大規(guī)模食物匱乏，可引申指某種物資或資源的嚴(yán)重缺乏。

〔例證〕War brings death and famine.戰(zhàn)爭帶來死亡和饑荒。There was a water famine in this area.這地方鬧過水荒。

starvation n. 挨餓，餓死

〔辨析〕指因長期缺乏食物而造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，比 hunger 語氣要重；也可用作定語，表示極少量的、極低的。

〔例證〕starvation diet/wages極少量的食物/極低的工資The poor old woman died of starvation.那個可憐的老婦人餓死了。They are living on the verge of starvation.他們正在饑餓線上掙扎。

短語用例

hunger for/after sth/***

渴望得到；渴求to have a strong desire or need for sth/***

Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp.集中營里每天大約有五十人餓死。

The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.這個機構(gòu)致力于減少世界上的饑餓和疾病。

英英釋義

noun

strong desire for something (not food or drink)

a thirst for knowledge

hunger for affection

Synonym:hungrinessthirstthirstiness

a physiological need for food

Synonym:hungriness

verb

be hungry

Let's eat--I'm starving!

Synonym:starvefamish

have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Synonym:cravethirststarvelust

feel the need to eat