famine
美 [ˈfæmɪn] 
英 ['fæmɪn]
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英汉双解
1. | 饥荒a lack of food during a long period of time in a region |
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| disasters such as floods and famine 水灾和饥荒这一类灾难 |
| the threat of widespread famine in the area 这一地区内大范围的饥荒威胁 |
| to raise money for famine relief 为赈济饥荒筹款 |
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例句
Apparently, there was such a severe famine, that the king of Lydia decided that they had to do something crazy. People were suffering.
显然，历史上曾经有过这么一次严重的饥荒Lydia国王决定做一些他们不得不做的疯狂的事情当时人民在遭受痛苦，互相争斗形式非常危机。
By means of conscripting labor, moving troops and recruiting famine refugee, the question of labor was settled.
王安石与宋神宗主要通过征调民力、调遣军队与招募饥民等途径来解决劳力问题。
And everybody that was affected It was like they woke up out of a dream. ? You think famine's got a class ring, too?
而所有人受到影响的人，都像从梦中醒来一样。你觉得饥荒也有个标识戒指吗？。
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
那地遭遇饥荒。因饥荒甚大，亚伯兰就下埃及去，要在那里暂居。
The famine did not last three years, as is often thought, but five years, starting in early 1958 and ending by late 1962.
饥荒并非一般人所想仅止三年，而是五年，始於1958年初，止於1962年底。
He said he was a loyal subject but all that changed when his father and mother died of starvation during the famine in the 90s.
他说他曾经是个忠诚的子民，但当他的父母死于90年代那场饥荒之后一切都变了。
"Because God did not bless us, " say Communists, "we had three successive years of famine. "
“老天爷不保佑我们，我们遭受了连续三年的自然灾害。”共产党人也这么说。
And it is all about meat, and where it comes from, while just a few hundred kilometres away, North Koreans are dying in a famine.
整件事都是关于肉以及肉来自哪的。然而，仅仅几百公里外的朝鲜人正因饥饿而死。
Though Dobley is no longer on the front lines of Somalia's civil war, it has in recent months been at the front lines of the Somali famine.
尽管多布莱从此不再位于索马里内战烽火的前线，近几个月来，它又处于索马里饥荒的边沿地区。
There was a famine in those days and Tortoise had not eaten a good meal for two moons.
当时正在闹饥荒，陆龟已经有两个月没吃到过一顿好饭了。
But the famine of the 1990s, in which more than a million people might have died, inevitably resulted in a deep questioning and cynicism.
但是90年代的饥荒夺去了超过50万人的生命，不可避免地引发了怀疑和质问。
The brief account of the Great Leap Forward in On China concludes with the observation that more than 20m died as a result of famine.
《论中国》中讲述大跃进的篇幅不多，最后的结论是：当时有超过2000万人死于饥荒。
What is the worst thing you could possibly do when widespread famine in Africa is all over the news?
当得知非洲饥荒四处蔓延的新闻，你可能会做出什么糟糕的事来？
There does not seem to be an imminent danger of famine on a world scale.
眼下似乎不存在全球发生饥荒的危险。
And when he had spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to be in want.
既耗尽了一切所有的，又遇着那地方大遭饥荒，就穷苦起来。
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.
既耗尽了一切所有的，又遇著那地方大遭饥荒，就穷苦起来。
Meanwhile, the emergence of informal markets since the last famine underlines how much better North Koreans' coping mechanisms have become.
同时，自从上次饥荒之后，非正式市场的出现或多或少显示出朝鲜应付机制的改良。
This was not without significance. It meant that in time of flood or famine the peasant had a crop reserve to see him through.
这是十分了不起的，这意味着在水旱之年农民就有了度荒的粮食了。
is one of those wise philanthropists who, in a time of famine, would vote for nothing but a supply of toothpicks.
他是那些聪明的慈善家之一，他们在饥荒时节会只投票要求供应牙签。
When the money runs out, a severe famine hits the country and the son finds himself in dire circumstances.
当钱用完了，严重的饥荒打国家和儿子发现自己在严峻的形势。
He prophesied that there would be a great famine within seven years.
他预言在7年之内将有一场大的饥荒。
Her grandparents came over from Ireland during the famine.
她的祖父母是在饥荒时期从爱尔兰迁移过来的。
Famine and war have thinned down the population in this region.
灾荒和战争使该地区的人口减少。
Famine eventuated from the crop failure.
因庄稼歉收饥荒终于发生了。
Famine can be caused by variety of factors.
饥荒可能是由于各种各样的因素造成的。
A famine broke forth.
发生了饥荒。
For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will not be plowing and reaping.
现在这地的饥荒已经二年了，还有五年不能耕种，不能收成。
At a time of famine, it was an inflammatory statement.
“在饥荒时期”，是一种煽动性的说法。
And when he had spent all, a severe famine occurred throughout that country, and he began to be in want.
既耗尽了一切，又遇著那地方大遭饥荒，就穷乏起来。
There I will provide for you, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty; for there are still five years of famine.
我要在那里奉养你；因为还有五年的饥荒，免得你和你的眷属，并一切所有的，都败落了。
It had brought nothing but drought and famine.
除了干旱和饥饿，它无法带来任何东西。
The famine in Ethiopia in the 80's was just a tiny dress rehearsal. A few trucks of rice won't cut it next time.
上世纪80年代埃塞俄比亚的饥荒只不过是一场小小的彩排。下一次，几卡车米就不会再够吃了。
for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
因为还有五年的饥荒，免得你和你的眷属，并一切所有的，都败落了。
The U. N. 's food security analysis unit and a famine warning project known as FEWS-NET say the famine in southern Somalia is growing worse.
联合国粮食安全分析机构和饥荒预警系统网（FEWSNET）表示，索马里南部的饥荒正在恶化。
Some of these people say that as fall approaches, North Korea is in the midst of its worst food crisis since its late 1990s famine.
一些人说，随着秋季到来，朝鲜处于上世纪90年代末饥荒以来最严重的食品危机中。
Ethiopia's government will never admit there is famine in the country: to do so would be to say it had failed since 1985.
埃塞俄比亚政府将永不会承认国家的饥荒，因为这就意味着自从1985年来其政府的失败。
As head of Arbor Industries, one of her projects was to triple the food supply on the famine-stricken planet of Melasaton.
作为阿伯工业公司的领导人，她有一个项目就是把梅拉萨顿星球的食物供应提高三倍，以缓解当地的饥荒。
Many Guizhou people lost family members in the man-made famine of China's Great Leap Forward; they still bring it up in conversation.
在中国大跃进运动造成的人为饥荒中，许多贵州人失去了亲人：他们还时常提起。
But wild living exhausted his fortune and a severe famine reduced him to working for a pig farmer.
但是，放荡的生活耗尽了他一切的财富，并且一场大饥荒使他不得不为一个养猪人工作。
The legacy of that disastrous decision, which contributed to a famine that left tens of millions dead, still weighs heavily on rural China.
这项政策带来了灾难性的后果，全国发生饥荒，数千万人活活被饿死，直到今天，它对中国农村的影响仍旧巨大。
And there was a famine in the land; and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
那地遭遇饥荒；因饥荒甚重，亚伯兰就下埃及去，要在那里寄居。
Before, Mr. Tandja would fly into a rage at the verymention of the word famine, according to officials and newspapers here.
当地官员和报纸透露，以前，一提到饥饿这个词，坦贾先生就会勃然大怒。
He must rob them of the oil which drives their ploughs and thus produce a famine without example in human history.
他要把驱动他们耕犁的原油统统夺取，从而制造一起人类历史上从未有过的饥荒。
but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.
随后又要来七个荒年，甚至埃及地都忘了先前的丰收，全地必被饥荒所灭。
Still, the response to the famine has not been a failure everywhere.
尽管如此，对饥荒的反应并非到处都是失败。
We cherished his noble qualities, especially when the famine was at its worst, for he never demanded food!
我们全家都很珍爱小黑高贵的品质，即使饥荒到了最严重的情况，他连一点食物都不会争夺！
