starve to death
During the famine, many people starved to death.
饥荒期间，许多人饿死了。
饿死；挨饿
饿极了，非常饿；使饿死；使挨饿；以断粮迫使（对方）屈服；使缺乏，剥夺…所需的（营养等）；因缺乏…而变弱或枯萎
to die or suffer severely because there is not enough food
饿死
To die because of lack of food or of not eating.
挨饿,饿得难受
To suffer severely because of lack of food or of not eating.
很饿,饿极了
To be very hungry.
使饿死,用饥饿杀死(或企图杀死)
To kill or attempt to kill by depriving of food.
使挨饿,使遭受饥饿
To make suffer severely by depriving of food.
围困断粮使投降,以饥饿逼降
To force a combatant to submit or surrender by depriving of food, as in a targeted siege.
使缺乏营养,使缺少必需成分
To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.
因缺乏必需物而恶化,匮乏而退化
To deteriorate for want of any essential thing.
一般现在时
Many people starve in poverty.
许多人在贫困中挨饿。
现在进行时
The cat is starving because we forgot to feed it.
猫正在挨饿，因为我们忘了喂它。
一般过去时
They starved during the war.
他们在战争期间挨饿了。
规则动词，过去式/过去分词加-ed
I skipped lunch today, and now I'm absolutely starving.
我今天没吃午饭，现在饿极了。
用法提示：starve 作动词，这里用现在分词 starving 表示“非常饿”。
By the time we got home from the hike, we were all starving.
我们徒步回到家时，大家都饿坏了。
用法提示：这里用过去进行时 were starving 表示当时“很饿”的状态。
The children are always starving when they get home from school.
孩子们放学回到家时总是饿得不行。
用法提示：starve 的进行时形式在这里强调“非常饿”的持续状态。
During the famine, many people starved to death.
饥荒期间，许多人饿死了。
The kidnappers starved their hostages.
绑架者使人质挨饿。
非正式用法，表示非常饿。
I haven't eaten all day; I'm starving.
我一整天没吃东西，饿坏了。
The blockade starved the city of supplies.
封锁使该城物资匮乏。
较古、正式；现代英语中更常用starve
程度较轻，常指暂时性；starve更强烈
仅指结果，不是一般饥饿；starve可指过程或状态
及物动词，必须带宾语；starve可作及物或不及物
侧重喂养不足，不一定是绝食；starve常指完全没食物
starve意为挨饿、饿死，而stave常用短语stave off表示“避开、延缓”，两者拼写相似但意义不同。
starve意为挨饿，而star指天上的星星或名人，发音和拼写相近但意义迥异。
starve是动词，而starvation是名词，指饥饿或饿死的状态，学生容易混淆词性。
饿死
Many people starved to death during the famine.
许多人在饥荒中饿死。
节食；绝食
She starves herself to stay thin.
她为了保持苗条而节食。
非常饥饿
I'm starving after the long hike.
长途徒步后我饿坏了。
渴望
The orphan starved for affection.
这个孤儿渴望关爱。
以饥饿迫使（屈服）
The rebels were starved out of the city.
叛乱者因断粮而被迫撤出该城。
starve与famine直接相关，饥荒导致饥饿
starve与生存问题关联，饥饿威胁生存
长期starve会导致营养不良
starve指缺乏食物
贫困常常导致starve
渴望，迫切需要
After years of isolation, he starved for human connection.
经过多年的孤立，他渴望与人交往。
缺乏，没有……而受苦
The project is starving of funds and may have to be cancelled.
这个项目缺乏资金，可能不得不取消。
以饥饿迫使……投降
The rebels tried to starve out the government forces by cutting off their supply lines.
叛军试图切断政府军的补给线，用饥饿迫使他们就范。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.