He could starve.

他可能会饿死。

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He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen.

他说惟一的其他办法是饿那些人，但他说这种做法是不允许的。

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Brother that he would starve to death because he could not prove that the money was his own, will be subject to other people's doubts, and even the Banks do not let him save money.

哥哥以为他会饿死，因为他无法证明这些钱是他自己的，会受到别人的怀疑，连银行都不会让他存钱。

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Mr O'Donnell said that in the wild, Stanley could go for up to 10 days without food so they were not too worried he would starve, but they were concerned he could be injured if he landed on a power cable.

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