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

• More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight
  400多名流亡者举行从早到晚的绝食抗议来让人们关注他们的苦难。
• 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。
• Feed someone against his will during a hunger strike.
  在绝食中强使某人吃食物。
• 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。
• The political prisoner went on a week long hunger strike.
  这名政治犯绝食一周，以示抗议。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder
  他称他的谋杀罪为错判，因而进行绝食抗议。
• 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。
• 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。