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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Despite intermittent wars and famines, the long-term trend is for a better life for almost everybody.
  虽然有时会发生战争和饥荒，但长期趋势是几乎所有人的生活都能得到改善。
• Miguel does not think it's a coincidence that the healers also provide the women with food and shelter during famines, in expectation of payments from their families in better times.
  米格尔称，医师还会在饥荒期间为这些女性提供食物和住处，希望等情况好转后得到其家人的报答，他认为这并非巧合。
• And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
  地要大大震动，多处必有饥荒瘟疫。又有可怕的异象，和大神迹，从天上显现。
• 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。
• When famines threatened, newspapers alerted the powerbrokers.
  当饥荒构成威胁时，报纸会向政治掮客们发出警报。
• 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。
• 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。