hunger /ˈhʌŋɡə/ CET4 TEM4 ( hungering, hungered, hungers )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Hunger is the feeling of weakness or discomfort that you get when you need something to eat. 饥饿

  例：

  Hunger is the body's signal that levels of blood sugar are too low.

  饥饿感是体内发出的血糖浓度太低的信号。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Hunger is a severe lack of food which causes suffering or death. 饥荒

  例：

  Three hundred people in this town are dying of hunger every day.

  该镇每天有300人因饥饿而死。

• 3. 

  N-SING If you have a hunger for something, you want or need it very much. 渴望 [书面] [also no det]

  例：

  Geffen has a hunger for success that seems bottomless.

  格芬对成功的渴望似乎永无止境。

• 4. 

  V-I If you say that someone hungers for something or hungers after it, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. 渴望 [正式]

  例：

  But Jules was not eager for classroom learning, he hungered for adventure.

  但是朱尔斯并不热衷于课堂学习，他渴望冒险。