famine
英 ['fæmɪn]
美 ['fæmɪn]
助记提示
1. 发米呢.
2. 拼音法: 发(fa)米(mi)了(ne) 闹饥荒的时候,政府发米.
中文词源
famine 饥饿，饥荒来自拉丁语fames,饥饿，饥荒。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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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