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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The political prisoner went on a week long hunger strike.
  这名政治犯绝食一周，以示抗议。
• 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。
• I'm joining the hunger strike tonight.
  我要参加今晚的绝食抗议。
• 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。