starve

腹がぺこぺこになる、お腹がすく

お腹が非常にすいている。

やさしい英語で： To feel extremely hungry.

• I’m starving. Can we eat now?
• We were starving after our long walk.
• You must be starving after missing lunch.

類義語： be very hungry

よく使う表現： starve until dinner, starve all morning

餓死する

十分な食べ物がないために死ぬ。

やさしい英語で： To die because you do not have enough food.

• Without food, the animals will starve.
• Many villagers starved during the famine.
• The trapped explorers almost starved to death.

使い方： starve to death (The abandoned animals starved to death.)

類義語： die of hunger

よく使う表現： starve to death, starve without food

奪う

人や物に、食料や世話などの必要なものを与えない。

やさしい英語で： To prevent someone or something from getting food, care, or something else they need.

• They starved the children of affection.
• The project was starved of funds.
• Blocked pipes can starve an engine of fuel.

使い方： starve someone/something of something (The owners starved the business of investment.)

類義語： deprive

よく使う表現： starve someone of, starve something of

兵糧攻めにする

食料の供給を断ち、敵を降伏させる。

やさしい英語で： To make an enemy give up by stopping their food supplies.

• They planned to starve the defenders out.
• The army starved the garrison into surrender.
• A long blockade could starve the enemy into submission.

使い方： starve someone out (The attackers tried to starve the soldiers out.); starve someone into submission/surrender (They starved the defenders into surrender.)

よく使う表現： starve someone out, starve into submission