Famine
[ 'fæmɪn ]
第3级
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n. 饥荒;饥饿;极度缺乏;
💡 词根助记
fam饿+ine表名词 →饥荒
📝 例句
die of [suffer from] famine
死于 [闹] 饥荒
Food deficits were widening and famine was unfolding.
缺粮范围不断扩大，饥荒在蔓延。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ fa-拼音“发”,mine-我的:因为饥荒,发我的粮食发给人们
※ fa-拼音“发”,mi-拼音“米”,ne-拼音“呢”:因为饥荒才发米呢
※ fa-拼音“发”,mi-拼音“米”,ne-拼音“哪”:发现大量的米饭,哪咤不再怕饥荒
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
famine
n[C, U]
(instance of) extreme scarcity of food in a region 饥荒
a famine in Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚的饥荒
The long drought was followed by months of famine. 久旱之後出现长达数月的饥荒.
🎯 考研助记
fa(发)+mi(米)+ne(呢):闹 饥荒发米呢 网友：yqy 补充：“发（fa，谐音）（现）宝库（mine）”：饥荒年代发现宝库
🔁 扩展释义
*['fæmin]n. 饥荒, 缺乏, 饥饿
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I've never heard of that, Sir. Will the men enjoy eating it, Sir?
我还从来没听说过这样的事儿，先生。水手们会爱吃吗，先生？
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作，切掉旧的金属，焊接新的金属板，钻孔，埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
Over the next thirty-two years he fought for human rights and the rights of workers who were badly treated by their employers.
在后来的32年多的时间里，他一直为争取人权及那些受雇主虐待的工人们的权利而斗争。