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

• The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days
  抗议者已经绝食17天了。
• Prisoners began a hunger strike to protest at their conditions.
  囚犯们开始绝食以对他们的生活条件进行抗议。
• 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。
• To go on hunger strike and shed tears on account of one's personal interests may be considered a kind of contradiction among the people.
  为个人的利益而绝食，而流泪，这也算是一种人民内部的矛盾。
• The prisoners went on a hunger strike.
  犯人们进行绝食抗议。
• They were carrying out a hunger strike in sympathy with mine.
  他们正在举行绝食抗议以声援我的斗争。
• Taiwan's former leader dehydrated over hunger strike.
  台湾前任领导人（陈水扁）因绝食导致脱水。
• Evo Morales, Bolivia's president, ended a five-day hunger strike after his government and the opposition reached agreement on a law that sets a general election for December.
  玻利维亚总统莫拉莱斯，在她与反对党在12月大选法律方面达成共识之后，结束了五天的绝食抗议。
• They have begun a hunger strike in protest at the alleged beating.
  他们开始绝食以抗议有人所宣称的殴打行为。
• Some of those who are impounded go on hunger strike on and off.
  一些被扣押的人断续地进行绝食。