1.Indifferent though we may be to starvation elsewhere, we cannot turn a blind eye to the precarious nature of Britain's food supply. "I'm all right, Jack" may be all right for us today. Tomorrow it may not be all right.
漢雖然我們可以對別的地方的饑餓漠不關心,但我們對英國自身不穩定的食物供應則不能視而不見?!拔液镁托辛恕睂ξ覀儊碚f也許今天行,明天恐怕就不行了。
2.It is matter of life or death: if the seasonal rains don't come soon the crops will fail and millions of people will face starvation.
漢情況很緊急:如果季節性的雨不馬上下的話,那么莊嫁就會枯死,幾百萬的人將面臨饑餓。
3.Large numbers of people had to struggle on the verge of starvation.
漢那時許多人不得不掙扎在饑餓的邊緣。
4.Disease often follows (on from) starvation because the body is weakened.
漢疾病的產生往往是由於饑餓的緣故,這是因身體虛弱所致。