1. U 饿，饥饿　 state of not having enough to eat; lack of food
2. U 欲望　 strong desire for sth

　allay ～　缓解饥饿
　appease ～　缓解饥饿
　die of ～　饿死
　gratify one's ～　满足渴望
　satisfy ～　充饥，解饿，满足欲望
　stay one's ～　充饥
　suffer ～　挨饿
　deep ～　深切的欲望
　great ～　强烈的欲望
　ravenous ～　贪婪的食欲
　terrible ～　饿极了
　be pressed by ～　受饥饿的煎熬
　be ill from ～　饿病了
　～ for rich　发财的欲望

　His hunger was soon appeased.　他的饥饿很快得到了缓解。
　A cheese roll won't satisfy my hunger.　一块奶酪卷不够我充饥。
　Babies show their hunger by waking up to be fed.　婴儿醒过来等候喂食，以此表示饥饿了。
　They picked some broad beans to stay their hunger.　他们摘了一些蚕豆充饥。
　Poor people in many parts of the world suffer from constant hunger.　世界上好多地区的穷人经常遭受饥荒。
　They were miserable with hunger and cold.　他们饥寒交迫。
　He is patient of hunger and cold.　他能忍饥挨冻。
　They felt weak with hunger.　他们因饥饿而感到很虚弱。
　His stomach started to growl with hunger.　他的肚子已开始饿得咕咕叫了。
　The boy was half dead from hunger.　那男孩由于饥饿已经半死不活了。
　The refugees were constantly in peril of death from hunger.　难民随时都有饿死的危险。
　He died of hunger.　他饿死了。
　His hunger for excitement got him into a lot of trouble.　他寻求刺激的欲望给他添了许多麻烦。
　A great hunger for riches came upon him.　他突然产生了一股强烈的发财欲望。
　The hunger for power has created many tyrants.　权力欲产生了许多暴君。
　These lonely people all had a hunger for friends.　这些孤独的人都渴望交朋友。
　Most children have a hunger for books.　绝大多数孩子都渴望有书看。
　Hunger in stomach and heart, the lonely young man was standing on the corner of the street.　这位孤独的年轻人站在街的拐角，饥肠辘辘，精神空虚。

　我们已不知饥饿。
　［误］ We had lost hunger.
　［正］ We had forgotten our hunger.
　［析］ “不知饥饿”不能译作lose hunger，而应说forget one's hunger.

　在hunger in stomach and heart中， hunger in stomach意为“饥饿”， hunger in heart意为“精神空虚”，这在英语语法中称为共轭支配。

1. vt. & vi. （使）饥饿　 make hungry
2. vi.渴望　 want very much

　～ the child　饿着孩子
　～ the dog　饿着这条狗
　～ the enemy　使敌人饥饿
　～ the poor　使穷人饥饿
　～ after　渴望…
　～ after food　渴望得到食物
　～ after news　渴望得到消息
　～ for　渴望…
　～ for a bread　渴望一块面包
　～ for a job　渴望一份工作
　～ for a meal　渴望一顿饭
　～ for sb's love　渴望某人的爱
　～ for success　渴望成功
　～ into　饿…使之屈服

　Some people are hungering, but some people are happy.　有些人在挨饿，有些人却在高兴。
　There is no food, they have to hunger the children.　没有食物了，他们不得不让孩子们饿着。
　The man is very rich, but he will give nothing to the poor, he only wants to hunger them.　这个人很富有，但他什么也不施舍给穷人，他就想饿着他们。
　The mother dog has died, I have no idea but hunger the baby dogs.　母狗死了，我没有别的办法，只能饿着这些小狗。

 ♣ hunger for〔after〕　(v.+prep.)
　极需…，渴望得到…　need (usually sth) very much; want (usually sth) very much
　〔说明〕 hunger for〔after〕通常不用于进行体。
　The poor children hungered for bread.　这些可怜的孩子们急需面包。
　He hungered for a good meal.　他渴望得到一顿美餐。
　He hungered for letters from his old comrades-in-arms.　他渴望得到老战友的来信。
　All the time she hungered for news from her little son.　她每时每刻都在急切地等待着她小儿子的消息。
　The traveller hungered for his native land.　这个旅行者渴望回到自己的祖国去。
　The unemployed hunger for jobs.　失业者渴望得到工作。
　The actor hungered for social attention.　这位男演员渴望得到社会的关注。
　The actors hungered for applause.　演员们渴望掌声。
　She hungered after his love.　她渴望得到他的爱情。
　These students hunger after new knowledge and ideas.　这些学生渴望得到新知识，获得新思想。
 ♣ hunger into　(v.+prep.)
　饿…使之屈服　use hunger to make sb give in
　They hunger him into submission.　他们用饥饿使他屈服。
　The besiegers hungered the garrison into surrender.　围攻者使守军饿得只好投降。

 ♣ hunger for, ache for, die for, long for, sigh for, starve for, thirst for
　参见ache条。

　［词源］　中古英语<古英语hungrig（饿）