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be starving
最常用口语表达，表示非常饥饿。
I'm starving.
我饿极了。
饿极了的；饿得要命的
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饿极了的；饿得要命的
extremely hungry
I'm starving.
我饿极了。
极饿的；非常饥饿的。
Extremely hungry
After skipping breakfast, I was starving by lunchtime.
因为没吃早饭，到午饭时我已经饿极了。
The cook gave extra rice to the starving travelers.
厨师给那些饿极了的旅客多添了米饭。
You must be starving after that four-hour meeting.
开了四个小时的会，你一定饿极了吧。
最常用口语表达，表示非常饥饿。
I'm starving.
我饿极了。
比喻用法，表示极度渴望某物。
The child is starving for attention.
这个孩子渴望得到关注。
作定语修饰名词，强调极度饥饿的状态。
starving children
饥饿的孩子们
夸张口语表达，用于强调饥饿程度。
I'm starving to death!
我快饿死了！
Not this
I very starving.
Use this
I am starving.
Starving作为形容词使用时，前面需要be动词，且本身已表示极端饥饿，不宜再用very修饰。
Not this
I starve.
Use this
I am starving.
表达现在正在极度饥饿的状态，需用be starving结构，而不是一般现在时的动词starve。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
饿极了
I haven't eaten all day; I'm absolutely starving.
我一整天没吃东西，饿极了。
饿得要死
After the long hike, we were starving to death.
长途徒步后，我们饿得要死。
饥饿的儿童
The charity helps feed starving children in Africa.
这个慈善机构帮助喂养非洲饥饿的儿童。
穷困潦倒的艺术家
He lived as a starving artist in a tiny apartment.
他作为一名穷困潦倒的艺术家住在一间小公寓里。
饥饿的人口
The war left the starving population in desperate need of aid.
战争使饥饿的人口急需援助。
穷困的艺术家
He's a starving artist living in a tiny studio.
他是一位穷困的艺术家，住在一个小工作室里。
渴望得到关注
The child was starving for attention from his busy parents.
这个孩子渴望得到忙碌父母的关注。
求知若渴
As a young student, she was starving for knowledge and read every book she could find.
作为一个年轻学生，她求知若渴，读遍了能找到的每一本书。
我饿坏了！
I'm starving!
我饿坏了！
杰克，我饿坏了！
Jack, I'm starving!
杰克，我饿坏了！
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饿到眼冒金星（stars in eyes）就是 starving
语域：informal 常见场景：casual speech、hunger complaints、informal writing 通常用于非正式场合，表达强烈的饥饿感，语气比‘è’（饿）更强。
Only 'carving' fully rhymes with 'starving' (both have /ɑːrvɪŋ/). 'Serving' and 'striving' share the '-ving' spelling but differ in vowel sound.
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