famine
US /ˈfæmɪn/
・UK /ˈfæmɪn/
B2 中高級英檢高級
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)飢荒
Many people died during a famine in Ireland in the 1840s
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)大饑荒
The threat of famine looms over the region after the crops failed.
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)匱乏
There is a famine of creativity in the film industry these days.
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英王查爾斯三世的首次聖誕文告 (The King's Christmas Broadcast 2022 - BBC)
08:34
- be it for those around the world facing conflict, famine, or natural disaster,
不論是世界各地面臨衝突、饑荒或自然災害的人，
身為「吃素大國」的印度，為何成為世界前五肥胖國？ (India’s Obesity Time Bomb)
08:57
- Much of India's history has been blighted by famine.
印度的大部分歷史都曾遭受過饑荒。
- As recently as 1943, the Bengal famine killed up to three million people.
就在 1943 年，孟加拉饑荒造成多達 300 萬人死亡。
人生好不公平 - 不公平的晚餐 (The Most Unfair Dinner)
02:43
- And this meal represents your life if you were born here in Utah, United States, where everyone makes an average of $65,000 lives in nice homes with no fear of war, famine or civil war.
最後如果你出生在美國猶他州，這頓飯代表了你的生活，在這裡，每個人的平均收入為 65,000 美元，住在漂亮的房子裡，不用擔心戰爭、飢荒或內戰。
【CNN10】冬季奧運閉幕、中國與美國的關係｜2022年2月22日 (China's relationship to the U.S. | February 22, 2022)
10:01
- After its founding in 1949 under the Chinese Communist Party, disastrous policies led to millions of deaths in the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution.
在 1949 年中國共產黨成立後，其推行的災難性政策導致數百萬人在大饑荒和文化大革命中死亡。
俄羅斯在普丁統治下正在重現過去的共產主義？- BBC新聞 (Is Putin's Russia re-living its Communist past? - BBC News)
03:51
- And some people are drawing comparisons with the brutal rule of Joseph Stalin, who came to power in 1924 and whose time in charge saw millions of Russians dying of famine or in prison camps.
有些人將其與約瑟夫·史達林的殘暴統治相提並論，他在 1924 年上臺，在執政期間有數百萬名俄羅斯人死於饑荒或被關進勞改營。
Why locusts are descending on East Africa
05:46
- and threatening already food-scarce regions with famine.
並使本已缺糧的地區受到饑荒的威脅。
中世紀的僧侶是如何揭示我們宇宙的祕密的 | BBC創意 (How medieval monks are revealing our universe's secrets | BBC Ideas)
03:52
- So a comet is a moment or important, which also was the case for telling and predicting the death of an important king or war famine.
是以，彗星是一個時刻或重要的，這也是告訴和預測一個重要國王的死亡或戰爭饑荒的情況。
【CNN10】北韓糧食危機、基因研究大突破｜2023 年 3 月 7 日（Food crisis in North Korea | March 7, 2023）
10:01
- Trade data, satellite images, and assessments from the United Nations and South Korea suggest that the nation is grappling with their lowest food supply since the famine of the 1990s,
來自聯合國和南韓的交易數據、衛星影像以及分析都顯示該國正經歷自 1990 年代饑荒以來，最低的糧食存量，
- a famine that caused mass starvation, killing hundreds of thousands of people.
那場饑荒引起了大量的挨餓，導致數萬人死亡。