饥荒

We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.

我们给饥赈济基金捐了款。

Many people die of starvation during famines every year.

每年发生饥时都有许多人饿死。

People bought in stocks of tinned goods in anticipation of a famine year.

人们买进大量罐头食品以防饥年。

There was once a grievous famine in the land.

这个国家曾有次大饥。

Food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world.

食物短缺和饥在界某些地区经常发生。

Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place.

即将发生饥之时，严重爆发了。

There is hunger in all the places where the crop was spoilt by the flood.

庄稼遭受水灾毁坏地方都在闹饥。

We're collecting for the famine victims.

我们正在为遭受饥灾民募款。

I collect for Oxfam.

我为英国牛津饥救济委员会募捐。

Famine visited this region.

饥侵袭了这地区。

Famine caused widespread distress.

饥引起了普遍忧虑。