n. 饥饿; 渴望
v. 饿; 渴望; 使 ... 饥饿
He was goaded by hunger into stealing. 他为饥饿所迫而行窃。
I had experienced the pangs of hunger. 我曾经历过饥饿的折磨。
His hunger for knowledge drove him to the library. 他对求知的强烈渴望驱使他上图书馆。
用作动词 (v.)Hunger gives relish to simple food. 肚子饿时吃什么都香。
The fat girl was attenuated by hunger. 那胖姑娘饿瘦了。
His hunger for knowledge drove him to the library. 他对求知的强烈渴望驱使他上图书馆。
He was goaded by hunger into stealing. 他为饥饿所迫而行窃。
I had experienced the pangs of hunger. 我曾经历过饥饿的折磨。
hunger的基本意思是“饿,饥饿”,指由于没有食物充饥而感到腹中难受。hunger还可指“欲望”,指得到或拥有某物的想法十分强烈。
hunger是抽象名词,不可数,一般不受数词或不定冠词a修饰,也没有复数形式。表示一个具体的欲望时,其后常接介词for。
hunger作“欲望”解时,后常接介词for表示“…的欲望”。
在hunger in stomach and heart中, hunger in stomach意为“饥饿”, hunger in heart意为“精神空虚”,这在英语语法中称为共轭支配。
v.(动词)hunger作动词时的意思是“(使)饥饿”,指渴望食物以满足急切的营养需要,或者指要求一种特定的食物使口味得到满足。引申则可表示“渴望”。
hunger可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
hunger后常接介词for或after,表示“渴望得到…”。