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Hunger Verb Desire Feeling People For/After Noun Syn

The flashcard defines "hunger" as a feeling of weakness due to lack of food, or a severe lack of food causing suffering. It can also mean a strong desire or craving for something.

The flashcard defines "hunger" as a feeling of weakness due to lack of food, or a severe lack of food causing suffering. It can also mean a strong desire or craving for something.

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]饥饿感 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...

    饥饿感是身体发出的信号,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.

    营养搭配均衡的菜谱旨在不必忍受饥饿的前提下帮您每天减掉一磅体重。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]饥饿;饥荒 Hunger is a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death.
  • Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.

    该镇每天有300人濒于饿死。

  • ...a desire to alleviate hunger and suffering in the Third World.

    减轻第三世界的饥荒和苦难的愿望

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[N-SING 单数名词]渴望;渴求 If you have a hunger for something, you want or need it very much.
  [also no det]
  [WRITTEN 笔语]
  • Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.

    格芬的成功欲望似乎永无止境。

  • ...his hunger to equal Vardon's record of six wins.

    他想平瓦登六个冠军头衔的纪录的渴望

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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V for/after n]
  [Also V to-inf]
  [emphasis]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure.

    但朱尔斯对坐在课堂里学习并不热心,他渴望冒险。


Oxford hun·ger / ˈhʌŋɡə(r) ; NAmE ˈhʌŋɡər /
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verb
hunger hungers hungered hungering
noun 1 [uncountable ] the state of not having enough food to eat, especially when this causes illness or death 饥饿;饥荒 SYN
starvation
Around fifty people die of hunger every day in the camp. 集中营里每天大约有五十人饿死。 The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease. 这个机构致力于减少世界上的饥饿和疾病。
2 [uncountable ] the feeling caused by a need to eat 饥饿感;食欲;胃口 hunger pangs 饥饿引起的胃痛 I felt faint with hunger. 我当时饿得发昏。 3 [singular ] hunger(for sth) ( formal) a strong desire for sth (对某事物的)渴望,渴求 a hunger for knowledge 对知识的渴求 Nothing seemed to satisfy their hunger for truth. 似乎没有什么能满足他们对真理的渴求。
verb PHRASAL VERB ˈhunger for/after sth/sb ( literary) to have a strong desire or need for sth/sb 渴望得到;渴求 hun·ger / ˈhʌŋɡə(r) ; NAmE ˈhʌŋɡər /
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hunger1 noun
hunger2 verb
hungerhun‧ger1 /ˈhʌŋɡə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun
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1[uncountable] lack of food, especially for a long period of time, that can cause illness or death SYN  starvationdie of/from hunger Thousands of people are dying from hunger every day.2[uncountable] the feeling that you need to eatthirst:  Try to satisfy your hunger by eating some fruit.hunger pangs (=sudden feelings of being hungry)3[singular, uncountable] a strong need or desire for something SYN  desirehunger for her hunger for knowledge a hunger for success
hunger1 noun
hunger2 verb
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hunger for/after something phrasal verb literary to want something very much:  The nation was hungering for change.
WDF

hunger

[ˈhʌŋgə(r)]hungered, hungering, hungers

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饿(51%),饥饿(40%),渴望(8%),使 ... 饥饿(1%)
n.饿,饥饿;渴望
vt.使……挨饿
vi.渴望;挨饿
n.(Hunger)人名;(德、波)洪格尔;(英)亨格

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