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核心单词
1. starve
vt.&vi. (使)饿死；饥饿；渴望，急需；饿得要死
Shes starving herself trying to lose weight.
她为了减肥而忍饥挨饿。
常用结构：
starve for渴望得到……
starve to
death 饿死
be starved of极需，缺乏
starve sb. into
sth./ doing sth.使某人挨饿以迫使其做某事
The plants are
starving for water.这些植物极需要水。
They got lost in
the desert and starved to death.
他们在沙漠中迷了路而被饿死了。
The engine was starved
of petrol and wouldn’t start.
发动机缺油，发动不起来。
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联想拓展
starvation n. 挨饿；饿死
高手过招
(1)单项填空
Many people death in the earthquake as a result of the
delay of the supplies.(2009·12·陕西西安检测)
A. were starved
of B. starved to
C. were
starved D. starved for
(2)用starve相关短语的适当形式填空 （原创）
①Thousands of people in Africa.
②These children are love.
③The people on the island fresh water since it hadn’t rained for nearly half a year.
解析: (1)选B。starve to death为固定搭配，意为“饿死”，符合句意。be starved of与starve for均为“渴望”之意。
(2)①starved to death/died of starvation
②starving for③were
starved of
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