starve的用法及搭配

starve可以用作动词。它的基本意思是“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”；

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。

例句

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。

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。