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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She said the slow pace of fund-raising reminded her of efforts to raise money for famines.
  她说，这种缓慢的筹款步伐，让她想起为饥荒筹集资金的时候。
• This increases the risks of economic crises during famines.
  而这也就加大了在饥荒时期爆发经济危机的风险。
• 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。
• 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。
• Droughts, floods and famines would ensue, experts say, and then the mass migration of people, with the conflict that would engender.
  专家表示，干旱、洪水和饥荒将随之而来，然后是大规模的人口迁移，最终引发冲突。