starve怎么读，音标、中文意思及例句

这里为大家介绍下starve的中文意思、音标、例句及语法，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

单词音标

英语音标：[stɑːv]

美语音标：[stɑrv]

中文翻译

vi.挨饿；受饿；极度匮乏

vt.使挨饿；使饿死

单词例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

They were suffered to starve on the pavement. 他们流流街头，忍饥挨饿。

They would starve if food was difficult to find. 如果很难找到食物，他们就会挨饿。

They would rather starve than give way. 他们宁愿饿死也不妥协。

The explorers starved to death in the desert. 探险者们在沙漠中饿死了。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

It is silly to starve yourself to be skinny. 显得有骨感而挨饿是愚蠢的.

They tried to starve him into submission. 他们试图用饥饿来使他屈服。

The enemy is trying to starve us out. 敌人想把我们饿出来。

语法用法

v.(动词)

starve的基本意思是“挨饿”,指人或动物由于食物少而忍饥挨饿,甚至有可能饿死。用于比喻,还可表示“极端”“渴望”。在古英语里starve还可表示“使挨冻”。

starve可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作不及物动词时,表示“感觉饿”; 用作及物动词时,表示“使…饥饿”,接名词或代词作宾语。 wWw.WeNtiyi.Com

starve可跟含介词短语的复合宾语,但不可跟含有动词不定式或形容词的复合宾语,因此也不可用形容词或动词不定式作主语补足语。例如:他被饿死了。误:He was starved dead.误:He was starved to die.正:He was starved to death.