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hunger for sth
表强烈渴望，后接名词。
She has a hunger for knowledge.
她渴望知识。
饥饿；食欲
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饥饿；食欲
the feeling or need caused by wanting or needing food
She has a hunger for knowledge.
她渴望知识。
饥饿；对食物的需求。
A need or compelling desire for food.
对食物的生理需要；饥饿的后果
a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
任何强烈的欲望或需要。
Any strong desire or need.
对某物(非饮食)的强烈渴望
strong desire for something (not food or drink)
After a long hike, we felt a strong hunger and quickly ate our sandwiches.
长途徒步后，我们感到强烈的饥饿，迅速吃掉了三明治。
AI contextual example
The charity works to alleviate hunger in poor communities.
该慈善机构致力于缓解贫困社区的饥饿问题。
AI contextual example
She couldn't concentrate because of the hunger pangs in her stomach.
她因为胃里的饥饿感而无法集中注意力。
AI contextual example
hunger for affection
对关爱的渴望。
WordNet
表强烈渴望，后接名词。
She has a hunger for knowledge.
她渴望知识。
表迫切愿望，后接动词不定式。
He felt a hunger to explore new places.
他渴望探索新地方。
指生理上的饥饿，不可数。
Many people in the region suffer from hunger.
该地区许多人遭受饥饿。
Not this
I am hunger.
Use this
I am hungry.
hunger是名词，表示“饥饿”的状态；表示“感到饿”时应用形容词hungry。
Not this
I have hunger.
Use this
I am hungry.
英语中表达“我饿了”通常用I am hungry，而非“have hunger”；hunger作为名词虽可表达抽象概念，但习惯上更常用形容词形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
缓解饥饿
A light snack should satisfy your hunger until dinner.
一份小点心应该能缓解你的饥饿直到晚餐。
饥饿感；饥饿引起的胃痛
He felt sharp hunger pangs after skipping breakfast.
他跳过早餐后感到强烈的饥饿感。
全球饥饿问题
Efforts to end world hunger have made significant progress.
消除全球饥饿的努力已取得显著进展。
求知欲
Her hunger for knowledge led her to read every book in the library.
她的求知欲促使她读遍了图书馆里的每一本书。
减轻饥饿
The charity distributes food to alleviate hunger in the region.
该慈善机构分发食物以减轻该地区的饥饿。
无法满足的渴望
His insatiable hunger for success drove him to work tirelessly.
他对成功无法满足的渴望驱使他不知疲倦地工作。
渴望
She has a hunger for knowledge that drives her to read constantly.
她对知识的渴望驱使她不断阅读。
绝食抗议
The prisoners went on a hunger strike to demand better conditions.
囚犯们进行绝食抗议，要求改善条件。
饥饿感
I felt hunger pangs in the middle of the night.
半夜我感到饥饿。
饥饿游戏快乐！
The hunger for justice motivated her to become a lawyer.
对正义的渴望促使她成为一名律师。
你，你就是那份渴望。
Many people around the world suffer from chronic hunger.
世界上许多人遭受着长期的饥饿。
Use hunger naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个饥饿的人，肚子咕咕叫，嘴里喊着'Hunger'。
语域：混合。常见语境：生理饥饿——日常生活、医学、公共健康；强烈渴望——事业、文学、心理。注意：该词在不同语境中语域不同，描述生理需求时通常中性，描述强烈渴望时比较书面或正式。
Only 'younger' (/ˈjʌŋɡər/) rhymes exactly with 'hunger' (/ˈhʌŋɡər/). The others share the '-nger' spelling but have different vowel sounds; 'singer' also lacks the /g/ sound.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.