famine
英['f?m?n]
美['f?m?n]
- n. 饑荒；饑餓，奇缺
詞態變化
復數:?famines;
助記提示
1. 發米呢.
2. 拼音法: 發(fa)米(mi)了(ne) 鬧饑荒的時候,政府發米.
中文詞源
famine 饑餓，饑荒
來自拉丁語fames,饑餓，饑荒。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.
- 內戰阻礙著救援機構對饑荒賑濟物資的配給。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. If there is a danger of famine, we should help.
- 如果有可能出現饑荒，我們應該提供幫助。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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難。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.
- 音樂會的收入將用于救助饑荒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. This is not another appeal for famine relief.
- 這不是為賑濟饑荒的又一次募捐。
來自柯林斯例句