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

• He went on a nine-week hunger strike.
  他开始了为期9周的绝食斗争。
• 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。
• The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days
  抗议者已经绝食17天了。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The political prisoner went on a week long hunger strike.
  这名政治犯绝食一周，以示抗议。
• 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。
• He was their last representative to die on the hunger strike.
  他是他们绝食斗争中死去的最后一个代表。