famine

• n. 饥荒；饥饿，奇缺

来自拉丁语fames,饥饿，饥荒。

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.
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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.

内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

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2. If there is a danger of famine, we should help.

如果有可能出现饥荒，我们应该提供帮助。

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3. The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.

正常的气候变化因饥荒而成了灾难。

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4. The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.

音乐会的收入将用于救助饥荒。

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5. This is not another appeal for famine relief.

这不是为赈济饥荒的又一次募捐。

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