| 词组 | starve |
| 释义 | starve [starved, starved, starving] starve for be starving for sth/be starved for sth AmE to want something very much because you have not had it for a long time: ▪ Most depressed patients are starving for human contact. ▪ I was away in the Army and always starved for news from home. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑long for, ↑yearn for starve into starve sb into submission/surrender etc to force people to do what you want by preventing them from getting food or money until they do it: ▪ The US navy thought the Japanese could be starved into submission through a blockade. starve of starve sb/sth of sth usually passive BrE to prevent someone or something from having something that they need, for a long time; with the result that they suffer in some way: ▪ Luther Reynolds was a cold hard man, who had been starved of love as a child. ▪ Radio broadcasting has been starved of funds in recent years. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑deprive of starve out starve out sb • starve sb out to force people to leave a place by preventing them from getting food: ▪ The government tried to avoid direct attack by surrounding the island and starving out the rebels. |
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