Famine
[ 'fæmɪn ]
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n. 饥荒;饥饿;极度缺乏;
💡 词根助记
fam饿+ine表名词 →饥荒
📝 例句
die of [suffer from] famine
死于 [闹] 饥荒
Food deficits were widening and famine was unfolding.
缺粮范围不断扩大，饥荒在蔓延。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ fa-拼音“发”,mine-我的:因为饥荒,发我的粮食发给人们
※ fa-拼音“发”,mi-拼音“米”,ne-拼音“呢”:因为饥荒才发米呢
※ fa-拼音“发”,mi-拼音“米”,ne-拼音“哪”:发现大量的米饭,哪咤不再怕饥荒
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
famine
n[C, U]
(instance of) extreme scarcity of food in a region 饥荒
a famine in Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚的饥荒
The long drought was followed by months of famine. 久旱之後出现长达数月的饥荒.
🎯 考研助记
fa(发)+mi(米)+ne(呢):闹 饥荒发米呢 网友：yqy 补充：“发（fa，谐音）（现）宝库（mine）”：饥荒年代发现宝库
🔁 扩展释义
*['fæmin]n. 饥荒, 缺乏, 饥饿
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From 1830 onwards in the USA and from about 1870 in Canada, settlers began to move westwards and to take possession of the plains as their own.
美国自1830年起，加拿大从1870年左右起，殖民者开始向西迁移，并把平原据为己有。
I've got a problem and as I don't know what to do I thought I'd write to you and ask for your advice.
我有一个问题，因为我不知道该怎么办。我想我最好写信给你，征求你的意见。
None of the family apart from her father and my aunt have seen her since.
自从她离开家以后，家里人除了她父亲与我伯母外没有人见过她。