If something really hits you hard and you would be starving, that would be really bad.

如果你因遭遇某种巨大冲击,承受巨大损失以致于不得不挨饿，那就太糟糕了。

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I've come back from Ecuador and it's a massive shock, you know.

我从厄瓜多尔回来，这里的物价对我来说，是个巨大的冲击。

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