1．starve vi.饿死；挨饿；饿得要死；渴望；极需要 vt.使饿死；使挨饿
[教材原句] At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.
在那个时代，特别是在寒冷的冬月，如果食物难以找到，人们就会挨饿。
(1)starve to death 饿死
starve to do sth. 渴望做某事
starve for sth. 渴望得到某物
starve sb. into... 断绝食物(或资金)来源以迫使某人……
(2)be starved of sth. 急需某物
(3)starvation n. 饥饿；饿死
单句语法填空
①Many people in India died of ________(starve) that year.
②The engine was starved ________ petrol and wouldn't start.
③They got lost in the desert and starved to ________(die)．
完成句子
④They starved the enemy ________________ to them.
他们断绝敌人的食物来源以迫使敌人向他们投降。
[答案] ①starvation ②of ③death ④into giving in
