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

• 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。
• This would support the theory that biological traits that helped human beings survive famines have become disease-causing in times of plenty, they said.
  他们说这也支持了这样一种观点，即帮助人类度过饥荒的生物特点在食物逐渐丰盛过程中变成了致病原因。
• When news arrived of distant floods and famines, malfeasance and malnutrition, they told themselves that theirs was a world apart.
  当新闻报导远方闹洪涝饥荒、违法渎职和百姓营养不良时，他们自我安慰可以偏安另一个世界。
• Watching the wars and famines on the news takes on a whole new meaning when you have a personal connection with the people there.
  亲眼目睹人们饱受战争与饥饿之苦时，新闻中播放的战争与饥饿会在你眼前呈现出全新的概念。
• Nor does he omit the plagues, famines and diseases which made life a lottery for everyone, rich or poor, until the most recent times.
  直到现在，他没有疏忽使人人（无论贫富）生活都不得安宁的瘟疫、饥荒和疾病。
• 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 the 17 years of his misrule, famines intensified and rebellions multiplied.
  他17年执政不善，这期间饥荒加剧，暴乱迭起。
• Harvest failures had caused famines on a scale not seen for a century.
  收获剧减造成了百年未见的大规模饥荒。
• Many people died during famines every year before liberation.
  解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。
• Prior to the Bretton Woods system, foreign aid primarily assisted with humanitarian crises: famines; floods; earthquakes; or people fleeing conflicts.
  在布雷顿森林体系建立之前，对外援助主要用于人道主义危机：饥荒；洪涝；地震；或是帮助逃离战争冲突的人。