starvation和famine的用法有什么区别 英语
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【答案】 hunger,starvation 和 famine 的用法有区别;
1.hunger: I am hungry. ( for a few hours) .我饿了(几个小时)
2.starve,starving,starvation:I was starving for a few days 我在挨饿了几天
3.famine:Famine is about the general shortage of food,not about the condition of the people.If there is a famine,people bee hungry,and in the end they die of starvation or of disease caused by the lack of food - the famine. 饥荒=食物短缺; 不是肚子挨饿的情况.
4.结论:The famine brought widespread hunger to area and resulted in the death of thousands by starvation.