hunger n. 1.饑,饑餓。 2.食欲。 3.渴望,熱望 (for; after)。 H- is the best relish [sauce]. 〔諺語(yǔ)〕饑者易為食。 die from [of] hunger饑死。 a hunger for learning 求知欲。 hunger after kindness 渴望得到照顧。 vt. 使饑餓;使因饑而… (into out of)。 try to hunger sb. into submission 企圖斷糧迫使某人屈服。 vi. 1.饑餓。 2.渴望 (after for)。
The phones at the food and hunger hot line are ringing off the hook these days , with calls from people desperately in need and from people who desperately want to help 這幾天賑糧熱線的電話鈴聲不斷,打來的電話有的是急待賑濟(jì),有的是急欲幫忙。