famine
单词辨析：
普通用词，指长期缺乏食物造成的饥肠辘辘，也指想吃东西的感觉，可引申指对某物的渴求，常后接介词 for。
Two hundred people in the area are dying of hunger every day.
那个地区每天有200人濒于饿死。
He suffered from hunger.
他饿极了。
She has a strong hunger for knowledge.
她有强烈的求知欲。
指因天灾人祸而引起的大规模食物匮乏，可引申指某种物资或资源的严重缺乏。
War brings death and famine.
战争带来死亡和饥荒。
There was a water famine in this area.
这地方闹过水荒。
指因长期缺乏食物而造成的痛苦，甚至死亡，比 hunger 语气要重；也可用作定语，表示极少量的、极低的。
starvation diet/wages
极少量的食物/极低的工资
The poor old woman died of starvation.
那个可怜的老妇人饿死了。
They are living on the verge of starvation.
他们正在饥饿线上挣扎。
相关例句：
In1934, there was a severe famine in china.
一九三四年中国发生过一次大饥荒。
Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine
成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。
We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.
我们给饥荒赈济基金捐了款。
Thousands died of famine.
数千人死于饥荒。
Civil war and famine sent the nation plunging into anarchy.
内战和饥荒使该国陷入了无政府状态。
We are going to have to continue to think about drought and famine.
我们必须要继续考虑干旱和饥荒的问题。