famine

• n. 饑荒；饑餓，奇缺

來自拉丁語fames,饑餓，饑荒。

famine

famine: [14] Both famine and famish [14] come ultimately from Latin famēs ‘hunger’. Its Vulgar Latin derivative *faminis produced Old French famine, source of English famine. Famish has come via a more circuitous route: another Vulgar Latin derivative of famēs was *affamāre, a compound verb formed with the prefix ad- ‘towards’; in Old French this became afamer, which was borrowed into Middle English, with loss of its first syllable, as fame ‘starve’; and before long this had the suffix -ish added to it, on the model of other verbs such as abolish and diminish.
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famine (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French famine "famine, starvation" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *famina, from Latin fames "hunger, starvation, famine," which is of unknown origin.

1. The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

內戰阻礙著救援機構對饑荒賑濟物資的配給。

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2. If there is a danger of famine, we should help.

如果有可能出現饑荒，我們應該提供幫助。

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3. The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.

正常的氣候變化因饑荒而成了災難。

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4. The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.

音樂會的收入將用於救助饑荒。

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5. This is not another appeal for famine relief.

這不是為賑濟饑荒的又一次募捐。

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