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

• 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。
• I'm joining the hunger strike tonight.
  我要参加今晚的绝食抗议。
• 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。
• But according to one of his close aides, the74-year-old anti-corruption campaigner is refusing to leave and has gone on hunger strike.
  但是据他的一名亲密助手说，这位74岁的反腐活动家拒绝离开，并已绝食抗议。
• 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。
• That deong won't stop at a riot, a hunger strike or anything else.
  狄扬不会罢休，骚乱，绝食或是别的什么。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr margetts is one of three British prisoners who started a hunger strike on Sunday.
  马吉茨是周日开始的这场绝食抗议中的三名英国囚犯之一。
• The political prisoner went on a week long hunger strike.
  这名政治犯绝食一周，以示抗议。