1、(使)挨餓,餓死
She's starving herself to try to lose weight
她試圖通過(guò)節(jié)食來(lái)減肥
2、(starved/starving)缺乏……的,急需……的
be starving for sth / be starved 餓得很
When’s food?I'm starving.什么時(shí)候開(kāi)飯?我快餓死啦
starve sb into sth/into doing sth 斷絕食物(或資源)來(lái)源以迫使某人做某事
starve sb /sth of sth 使某人得不到自己所需的
eg:I felt starved of intelligent conversation.讓我感到痛苦的是無(wú)法與有志之士交流。