hunger
hunger — 名詞
1. the uncomfortable feeling inside your body that tells you it is time to eat.
飢餓感
肚子餓時的感受
the uncomfortable feeling inside your body that tells you it is time to eat.
After skipping lunch, a sharp hunger hit Justin around three o'clock.
跳過午餐後，Justin 在三點左右感到一陣強烈的飢餓感。
collocation: sharp hunger for sudden intense need
The smell of fresh bread made Layla's hunger even harder to ignore.
新鮮麵包的香味讓 Layla 更難忽視她的飢餓感。
Zola drank a glass of water to quiet her hunger while she waited for dinner.
Zola 喝了一杯水來止住等待晚餐時的飢餓感。
Yael felt a sudden hunger after running for almost an hour.
Yael 跑了將近一個小時後，突然感到一陣飢餓。
- hungriness
a much less common, more clinical term for the same feeling
- appetite
the desire for food, often enjoyable rather than uncomfortable
文法句型
feel hunger
a hunger
hunger pangs
用法筆記
This sense is almost always uncountable, but 'a hunger' is possible when referring to a specific episode or type of hunger ('a hunger that would not go away').
常見錯誤
2. a dangerous situation in which there is not enough food for people or animals in
糧荒
糧食嚴重不足的狀況
a dangerous situation in which there is not enough food for people or animals in a region, threatening their health.
The long war brought severe hunger to millions of families in the region.
長期的戰爭為該地區數百萬家庭帶來了嚴重的糧荒。
collocation: severe hunger for extreme food shortage
Aid workers rushed food supplies to areas where hunger was worst.
救援人員將糧食緊急運送到飢荒最嚴重的區域。
During the drought, village children like Eli suffered months of hunger that stunted their growth.
在那場乾旱期間，像 Eli 這樣的村莊孩子因數月糧食不足而生長發育受阻。
The organisation fights hunger by providing meals to schoolchildren every day.
該組織每天為學童提供餐點，致力於對抗糧荒。
- famine
a widespread, extreme lack of food across a large region; more severe than hunger
- starvation
the state of suffering or dying from a severe lack of food
- malnutrition
poor health caused by not getting enough or the right kinds of food
- plenty
more than enough food for everyone
文法句型
suffer hunger
die of hunger
fight hunger
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1, this sense refers to a systemic or prolonged scarcity of food rather than a momentary bodily sensation. It is often used with verbs like 'suffer', 'die of', 'fight', 'end', or 'relieve'.
常見錯誤
3. a very strong wish for something that is not food — for example, a hunger for su
渴望
強烈的願望或追求
a very strong wish for something that is not food — for example, a hunger for success, knowledge, adventure, or justice.
Meera's hunger for knowledge led her to read every book she could find.
Meera 對知識的渴望促使她閱讀能找到的每一本書。
pattern: hunger for [abstract noun]
The young musician had an unusual hunger for new sounds and unfamiliar styles.
那位年輕音樂家對新的聲音和不熟悉的風格有著不尋常的渴望。
Bao's hunger to succeed pushed him through years of difficult training.
Bao 對成功的渴望驅使他度過了多年艱苦的訓練。
A hunger for justice drove the lawyer to take on cases that others refused.
對正義的渴望驅使那位律師接手別人不願承辦的案件。
- craving
a very strong, often physical desire; slightly more urgent and less dignified than hunger
- longing
a deep, emotional wish for something distant or lost; more sentimental
- thirst
a powerful desire, especially for more abstract things like knowledge or power
- yearning
a gentle but deep, persistent desire; more poetic in tone
- indifference
a lack of interest or concern
文法句型
hunger for [something]
a hunger to [verb]
a hunger for [thing]
用法筆記
This is a figurative extension of sense 1. It is commonly followed by 'for' + noun (hunger for power) or by a to-infinitive (hunger to prove oneself). It is less common with 'of' except in fixed literary phrases.
常見錯誤
hunger — 動詞
1. to feel the physical need to eat, or to go without food for a period of time.
挨餓
感到肚子餓或沒東西吃
to feel the physical need to eat, or to go without food for a period of time.
Anyone who works under the hot sun all morning will hunger for lunch by noon.
在烈日下工作整個上午的人都會渴望中午吃頓午飯。
pattern: hunger + for + food (present tense, general truth)
The stray cats hungered in the cold winter streets with nowhere to go.
那些流浪貓在寒冷冬日的街頭挨餓，無處可去。
Darius had hungered many nights before the aid convoy finally arrived.
Darius 在救援車隊抵達前已經挨餓了許多個夜晚。
As a poor student, Liang would hunger through long lectures, too shy to eat in front of classmates.
身為貧困學生的 Liang 常常在漫長的課堂上挨餓，不好意思在同學面前吃東西。
- feast
to eat a large, enjoyable meal; opposite in both register and meaning
文法句型
hunger for [food]
hunger after [food]
用法筆記
The verb 'hunger' is much less common than the noun in everyday speech. For the physical sensation, 'be hungry' is the ordinary choice. 'Hunger' as a verb is found more in formal, literary, or news writing, and often with 'for' to specify what is needed.
常見錯誤
2. to want something very strongly and eagerly — often used for abstract goals such
渴求
非常渴望得到某事物
to want something very strongly and eagerly — often used for abstract goals such as success, recognition, or change.
The young artist hungered for recognition from the art world.
那位年輕藝術家渴求得到藝術界的認可。
pattern: hunger for [abstract noun]
People in the town hungered for news of their missing friends.
鎮上的人們渴求失蹤親友的消息。
Élise hungered to prove that she could lead the research team.
Élise 渴求證明自己能領導研究團隊。
Rafael hungered for a chance to show his true abilities.
Rafael 渴求一個能展示自己真正能力的機會。
- disdain
to regard something as unworthy of one's interest
文法句型
hunger for [something]
hunger to [verb]
hunger after [something]
用法筆記
This figurative verb sense mirrors noun sense 3. It takes 'for' before a noun phrase or a to-infinitive. It is formal or literary; in everyday English, 'long for', 'yearn for', or 'desperately want' are more common.
常見錯誤
3. to make a person or animal feel the need to eat — for example, physical activity
使餓
使人感到飢餓
to make a person or animal feel the need to eat — for example, physical activity or the passing of time causing hunger.
Brandon was hungered by the long swim across the cold lake before noon.
Brandon 在冰冷的湖中長泳後感到飢腸轆轆。
passive: was hungered by [activity]
The cold mountain air hungered the travellers faster than any walk could.
寒冷的山間空氣讓旅人們比走路更容易感到飢餓。
The long wait at the hospital hungered Hugo and his wife far more than they expected.
在醫院漫長的等待讓 Hugo 和妻子餓得遠比預期更厲害。
Reading by candlelight deep into the night hungered the old scholar.
在燭光下讀書到深夜讓那位老學者感到飢腸轆轆。
- make hungry
the modern, everyday equivalent of this rare transitive verb
- satisfy
to make someone feel full or no longer hungry
文法句型
hunger [someone]
be hungered by [something]
用法筆記
This is a rare, old-fashioned transitive use. In modern English, 'make [someone] hungry' is the ordinary alternative. You are most likely to encounter this sense in historical or literary texts from before the 20th century.