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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• He went on a nine-week hunger strike.
  他开始了为期9周的绝食斗争。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。