famines

英 [ˈfæmɪnz]

美 [ˈfæmənz]

n.  饥荒
famine的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 饥馑;饥荒
  Famineis a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
  1. Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine...
     成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。
  2. The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.
     内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

双语例句

• During the famines of1840 and1848, it was what almost all peasants had to eat.
  1840-1848年俄罗斯饥荒期间，几乎所有农民都赖此为生。
• Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here.
  旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。
• At home the landhad been ravaged by floods and earthquakes, and famines had driven thedispossessed and even samurai to storm the rice warehouses of the daimyo, the local lords.
  在国内，洪水和地震肆虐，赤地千里，饿殍遍野，甚至武士阶级也开始掠夺大名的米仓。
• If people follow this authority as slavishly as he would wish, the results could be terrible famines, diseases, and wars, caused by overcrowding.
  如果人们像教皇希望的那样，绝对服从这种权威，结果将是可怕的饥荒、疾病和战争，这都是由人口过多引起的。
• Many people died during famines every year before liberation.
  解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。
• Famines became worse each season, especially in Asia.
  饥荒每一个季度都在加剧，尤其是在亚洲。
• When famines threatened, newspapers alerted the powerbrokers.
  当饥荒构成威胁时，报纸会向政治掮客们发出警报。
• She has become so poor that she has little power of resisting famines.
  印度已经穷得对饥荒没有抵御能力了。
• In China, major floods followed extreme droughts, and frequent famines led to mass starvation and death.
  在中国，巨大的洪水过后，又遭受了极为严重的旱灾，不断发生的饥荒造成了大范围的饥饿、死亡。
• And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
  地要大大震动，多处必有饥荒瘟疫。又有可怕的异象，和大神迹，从天上显现。