famine

Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place.

即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。

It is conservatively estimated that not less than half a million people died in the famine.

据保守估计,死于这场饥荒的人数不少于50万.

They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine.

他们决定不依靠外援来救灾.

Thousands died of famine.

数千人死于饥荒.

Famine stared us in the face.

饥荒迫在眉睫.

disasters such as floods and famine

水灾和饥荒这一类灾难

We're collecting for the famine victims.

我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款.

Famine caused widespread distress.

饥荒引起了普遍的忧虑.

A famine started which, together with the war, carried away millions of lives.

一场饥荒开始了，再加上战争，夺走了几百万条生命。

It has been predicted that the Earth will tilt on its axis , causing catastrophic famine and disease.

有人曾预言地球会导致大荒灾和疾病.

People bought in stocks of tinned goods in anticipation of a famine year.

人们买进大量罐头食品以防饥荒的一年.

Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine.

许多慈善机构捐款赈济饥民。

Famine visited this region.

饥荒侵袭了这一地区.

They were crazed by the famine and pestilence of that bitter winter.

他们因那年严冬的饥饿与瘟疫而折磨得发狂.

Northern Somalia was largely spared from the famine.

索马里北部的大部分地区逃过了这场饥荒。

We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.

我们给饥荒赈济基金捐了款.

There was once a grievous famine in the land.

该国曾经发生过一次大饥荒.

The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.

饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。

The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

If there is a danger of famine, we should help.

如果有可能出现饥荒，我们应该提供帮助。

The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.

音乐会的收入将用于救助饥荒。

Spend a year of plenty the way you spend a year of want and remind yourself of famine even when the barn is full.

丰年要当歉年过,有粮常想无粮时.

They lived through the long famine.

他们经历了长久的饥荒而未死.

Famine and war still afflict mankind.

饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦.

The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.

正常的气候变化因饥荒而成了灾难。

We can deliver supplies and work to break the back of the famine.

我们可以运送物资，努力解决饥荒中最关键的问题。

Many people die of famine every year.

每年有很多人死于饥荒.

This is not another appeal for famine relief.

这不是为赈济饥荒的又一次募捐。

Famine hit that benighted country once more.

饥荒再次席卷了那个蒙昧的国家。

The peasants store up the grain against famine.

农民们贮粮备荒.