starvation

飢餓、餓死

食べ物が足りないために、ひどく苦しんだり死んだりすること。

やさしい英語で： Severe suffering or death caused by not having enough food.

• The animals were close to starvation.
• Food deliveries saved many families from starvation.
• Several people died of starvation during the drought.

使い方： die of starvation (The animals could die of starvation.)

類義語： extreme hunger

よく使う表現： die of starvation, face starvation, prevent starvation

欠乏、不足

システムや活動を動かし続けるために必要なものが、ひどく不足すること。

やさしい英語で： A serious lack of something needed to keep a system or activity working.

• The engine stopped because of fuel starvation.
• The cells showed signs of oxygen starvation.
• Resource starvation left the organization unable to provide basic services.

類義語： deprivation, severe shortage

よく使う表現： oxygen starvation, fuel starvation, resource starvation

飢餓状態、スターベーション

コンピューターの処理に必要な資源が与えられず、待たされ続ける状態。

やさしい英語で： A situation where a computer process keeps being denied the resources it needs to run.

• The waiting thread suffered starvation.
• A fair scheduler can prevent process starvation.
• Low-priority tasks face starvation when new high-priority tasks keep arriving.

よく使う表現： thread starvation, process starvation, prevent starvation