famine

Hungersnot

Schwerer Nahrungsmangel in einem Gebiet, durch den viele Menschen hungern oder sterben.

In einfachem Englisch: A severe lack of food across an area, causing many people to go hungry or die.

• The country faces famine.
• Drought and war caused widespread famine.
• Aid workers brought food to villages affected by famine.

Synonyme: food shortage

Häufige Wendungen: widespread famine, famine relief, face famine, risk of famine

Hungersnot

Zeit, in der es in einem Gebiet so wenig Nahrung gibt, dass viele Menschen hungern oder sterben.

In einfachem Englisch: A period when an area has so little food that many people go hungry or die.

• The famine lasted two years.
• Her grandparents survived a terrible famine.
• Several famines struck the region during that century.

Häufige Wendungen: during the famine, years of famine, survive a famine