"hunger" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 飢餓
• 飢荒（長期缺乏食物）

Definition

指需要或想喫東西的感覺。它也可以表示某地嚴重缺乏食物，或對某事物的強烈渴望。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

'hunger' 最常見的是指身體上的餓。'I have hunger' 不自然，通常說 'I’m hungry'；'I feel hunger' 只在較正式語境中出現。它也常見於嚴肅話題，如 'world hunger'，以及 'a hunger for success' 這類表達，表示強烈的追求。

Examples

After school, I felt hunger and made a sandwich.

放學後，我感到**飢餓**，就做了一個三明治。

Many children suffer from hunger in poor areas.

許多孩子在貧困地區遭受**飢餓**。

Her hunger for knowledge made her read every day.

她對知識的**渴望**讓她每天都讀書。

By the time dinner arrived, my hunger was turning into anger.

等晚飯端上來時，我的**飢餓感**都快變成怒氣了。

The documentary focuses on hunger across the world, not just one country.

這部紀錄片關注的是全球的**飢餓**問題，而不只是一個國家。

You can see the hunger in his eyes when he talks about winning.

當他談到獲勝時，你能從他的眼神裡看到那種**渴望**。