饥荒

We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.

们给饥基金捐了。

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的一年。

There was once a grievous famine in the land.

这个国家曾有一次大饥。

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

食物短缺和饥在界的某些地区经常发生。

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

即将发生饥之时，严重的战乱爆发了。

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

庄稼遭受水灾毁坏的地方都在闹饥。

We're collecting for the famine victims.

们正在遭受饥的灾民募。

I collect for Oxfam.

英国牛津饥救委员会募捐。

Famine visited this region.

饥侵袭了这一地区。

Famine caused widespread distress.

饥引起了普遍的忧虑。