Unit 1 Festivals around the world 核心单词1
starvevt
(使)饿死;饥饿;渴望,急需;饿得要死Shes starving herself trying to lose weight
她为了减肥而忍饥挨饿
常用结构:starve for 渴望得到……starve to death 饿死be starved of 极需,缺乏starve sb
into sth
/ doing sth
使某人挨饿以迫使其做某事The plants are starving for water
这些植物极需要水
They got lost in the desert and starved to death
他们在沙漠中迷了路而被饿死了
The engine was starved of petrol and wouldn’t start
发动机缺油,发动不起来
联想拓展starvation n
挨饿;饿死高手过招(1)单项填空Many people death in the earthquake as a result of the delay of the supplies
(2009·12·陕西西安检测)A
were starved of B
starved to C
were starved D
starved for(2)用 starve 相关短语的适当形式填空 (原创)①Thousands of people in Africa
②These children are love
③The people on the island fresh water since it hadn’t rained for nearly half a year
解析: (1)选 B
starve to death 为固定搭配,意为“饿