hunger

英['hʌŋgə]美['hʌŋgə]

n.
饥饿，渴望，饥馑
v.
1.[T]使饥饿
2.[I]挨饿，渴望

同：	[n.] hungriness, thirst, thirstiness [v.] crave, famish, lust, starve
反：	[v.] be full

hunger，famine，starvation

这些名词均有“饥饿”之意。
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。

They picked some broad beans to stay their hunger.
他们捡了一些蚕豆充饥。收藏
Those who are well-fed and well-clad are inclined to be lustful;whereas hunger and cold breed the temptation to steal.
饱暖思淫欲；饥塞寒起盗心。收藏
Mother anticipated my hunger by baking cookies before I came home from school.
母亲预见到我会饿，在我放学回家之前就把面包烤好了。收藏
I did not reckon upon hunger and infidelity!
我却没有计算到饥饿和背叛！收藏
It was a moment of reconciliation, when the nagging hunger in his belly was forgotten and his earlier affection for her had temporarily revived
当时两人情绪已经和解了，他忘记了难熬的肚饿，暂时恢复了幼时对她的爱恋。收藏

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a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
[同] hunger, hungriness
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
- a thirst for knowledge
- hunger for affection
[同] hunger, hungriness, thirst, thirstiness

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