1、starve

挨餓;餓死

A number of the prisoners we saw are starving.

我們看到的一些囚犯快要餓死了。

In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported.

在 20 世紀(jì) 30 年代，有幾百萬(wàn)烏克蘭人餓死或被驅(qū)逐出境。

使挨餓

He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen.

他說(shuō)唯一的其他選擇就是讓人們挨餓，又說(shuō)這是絕對(duì)不允許發(fā)生的。

Judy decided I was starving myself.

朱迪認(rèn)定我在讓自己挨餓。

使極其缺乏;使迫切需要

The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment.

投資嚴(yán)重缺乏的不光是電力工業(yè)。

The most damaging thing the West could do is to starve Russia of new foreign capital.

西方能夠祭出的最陰險(xiǎn)一招就是不讓俄羅斯得到新的外資。

2、mess

臟亂;凌亂;不整潔

The house is a mess.

屋里一片狼藉。

The wrong shampoo can leave curly hair in a tangled mess.

不合適的洗發(fā)水會(huì)使卷發(fā)糾結(jié)成亂糟糟的一團(tuán)。

困境;麻煩;混亂

I've made such a mess of my life.

我把自己的生活弄得一團(tuán)糟。

the many reasons why the economy is in such a mess.

經(jīng)濟(jì)陷入如此困境的眾多原因

(意外滴落的)液體(或黏稠物)

Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.

最后，他們狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到處都是。

I'll clear up the mess later.

我呆會(huì)兒會(huì)把滴落的水擦干凈。