famine是什么意思

famine

英 ['f?m?n] 美 ['f?m?n]

1. 發(fā)米呢.
2. 拼音法: 發(fā)(fa)米(mi)了(ne) 鬧饑荒的時候,政府發(fā)米.

famine 饑餓，饑荒

來自拉丁語fames,饑餓，饑荒。

famine: famine: [14] Both famine and famish [14] come ultimately from Latin famēs ‘hunger’. Its Vulgar Latin derivative *faminis produced Old French famine, source of English famine. Famish has come via a more circuitous route: another Vulgar Latin derivative of famēs was *affamāre, a compound verb formed with the prefix ad- ‘towards’; in Old French this became afamer, which was borrowed into Middle English, with loss of its first syllable, as fame ‘starve’; and before long this had the suffix -ish added to it, on the model of other verbs such as abolish and diminish.
=> famish
famine (n.): mid-14c., from Old French famine "famine, starvation" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *famina, from Latin fames "hunger, starvation, famine," which is of unknown origin.

1. The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.: 內(nèi)戰(zhàn)阻礙著救援機構(gòu)對饑荒賑濟物資的配給。

2. If there is a danger of famine, we should help.: 如果有可能出現(xiàn)饑荒，我們應(yīng)該提供幫助。

3. The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.: 正常的氣候變化因饑荒而成了災(zāi)難。

4. The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.: 音樂會的收入將用于救助饑荒。