挨饿

It is better to die of repletion than to endure hunger.

饱死胜过挨。

He is on the margin of bare subsistence.

他正处在挨的边缘。

But a servingman's wife may starve for hunter.

佣人的家人常挨。

My heart bleeds for the starving children.

里为这些挨的感到悲痛。

Wasting food when people are starving is a grievous wrong.

在别人挨时浪费食物是一种严重的罪恶。

The poor hunger, yet are not fed.

穷人在挨, 可是没有人给他吃。

There is no food; they have to hunger the children.

没有食物了, 他不得不让挨。

I work part-time to pay the mortgage and keep the wolf from the door.

做兼职是为了偿还购房抵押贷款，还有免于挨。

Refugees often go hungry.

难民时常挨。

The children were literally starving.

的确是在挨。

Feast today and fast tomorrow.

今朝大吃大喝, 明日忍饥挨。

With the world’s population growing fast and millions getting hungrier every day, the leaders of the rich nations just seem to be fiddling while Rome burns.

世界人口急速增长，数百万的人每天忍飢挨，可是富有国家的领导人对此好像无动于衷，漠然视之。