饥荒

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荒的一年。

We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.

我们给饥荒赈捐了款。

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

食物短缺和饥荒在世界的某些地区经常生。

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

即将生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆了。

There was once a grievous famine in the land.

这个国家曾有一次大饥荒。

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

庄稼遭受水灾毁坏的地方都在闹饥荒。

Many people die of starvation during famines every year.

每年生饥荒时都有人饿死。

We're collecting for the famine victims.

我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款。

Famine visited this region.

饥荒侵袭了这一地区。

Famine caused widespread distress.

饥荒引起了普遍的忧虑。

I collect for Oxfam.

我为英国牛津饥荒救委员会募捐。