hunger strike

英 [ˈhʌŋɡə straɪk]

美 [ˈhʌŋɡər straɪk]

n.  绝食(抗议)

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牛津词典

noun

• 绝食（抗议）
  the act of refusing to eat for a long period of time in order to protest about sth
  1. to be on /go on hunger strike
     进行绝食抗议

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 绝食（抗议）
  If someone goeson hunger strikeor goesonahunger strike, they refuse to eat as a way of protesting about something.
  1. The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days...
     抗议者已经绝食17天了。
  2. He has begun a hunger strike in protest over political violence in Karachi.
     为了抗议卡拉奇的政治暴力，他已开始了绝食。

英英释义

noun

• a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest

双语例句

• I'm joining the hunger strike tonight.
  我要参加今晚的绝食抗议。
• Senior Indian officials are trying to prevent a high-profile yoga guru from commencing a public hunger strike.
  印度的高级官员正在试图防止一位引人注目的瑜伽导师发起一场公开的绝食活动。
• Several men have gone on hunger strike over conditions in the prison.
  几个人为狱中的条件而绝食抗议。
• Mr Hazare, who's been on hunger strike for nearly two weeks, has said he'll formally end his fast on Sunday.
  已经绝食抗议近两周的AnnaHazare称，他已经于周日正式结束了绝食。
• The boy showed defiance by refusing to eat. All the prisoners on hunger strike had to be force-fed.
  这孩子以绝食来反抗。所有绝食的犯人均需强迫进食。
• The prison hunger strike increased support for the ira.
  监狱的绝食斗争加强了对爱尔兰共和军的支持。
• Feed someone against his will during a hunger strike.
  在绝食中强使某人吃食物。
• We had to go on hunger strike repeatedly just to receive letters from our loved ones.
  我们不得不多次绝食抗议，只是为了拿到亲人寄来的信件。
• Her family, in Tehran to help win her freedom, says that she is very weak from an ongoing hunger strike.
  她的家人已在德黑兰，希望能帮助她获得自由。他们说，萨贝里由于正在进行绝食抗议，身体非常虚弱。
• Cuban doctors treating a political dissident who's on hunger strike say he is in danger of dying despite their efforts to keep him alive.
  对进行绝食抗议的一名政见不同者进行治疗的古巴医生表示，尽管他们努力拯救此人的生命，他仍处于死亡的危险中。