famines是什么意思？

famines

• n. 饥荒( famine的名词复数 )；

例句

• countries that regularly suffer famines 经常遭受饥荒的国家
• Many people die of starvation during famines every year. 每年发生饥荒时都有许多人饿死。
• They counted on foreign grain to relieve their famines. 他们依靠外国粮食救灾.
• At least a quarter of a million people have died in the fighting and the resultant famines. 至少25万人死于这场战斗和由此引发的饥荒。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  饥馑;饥荒
  Famine is a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die.
  例句
  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。 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。