ironically, one driven by a lack of food.諷刺的是，這場戰爭是因食物缺乏引起的

lack of:缺乏

The flowers are wilting for lack of water.

這些花因缺水而漸漸枯萎。

Her decision seems to show a lack of political judgment.

她的決定似乎顯示出缺乏政治判斷力。

Disease and death, famine and plague were the natural order of things.疾病與死亡，饑荒和瘟疫都是自然規律使然

natural order of things:自然的安排

Extinction is the natural order of things.

事物的滅亡是必然的。

but peace hasn't brought back the plenty.但和平沒有帶來物質上的充裕

bring back:帶回來，使恢復

The defeated classes wanted to bring back their lost paradise.

失敗的階級想要恢復它們失去的天堂。

Europe people were still suffering from diseases of malnutrition歐洲仍然有人飽受營養不良導致的疾病

suffer from:遭受； 因 ... 而蒙受損害

Alcoholics often suffer from periods of oblivion.

飲酒過度的人常常失去記憶。

I often suffer from unaccountable headaches.

我常莫名其妙地頭疼。