vi.挨饿；受饿；极度匮乏
vt.使挨饿；使饿死
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。
The plant was starved of light and died. 这株植物因为极度缺乏光照而死了。
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。
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。
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.
