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

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。
The protesters have been on hunger strike for 17 days
抗议者已经绝食17天了。
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。
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。
The boy showed defiance by refusing to eat. All the prisoners on hunger strike had to be force-fed.
这孩子以绝食来反抗。所有绝食的犯人均需强迫进食。
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。
The political prisoner went on a week long hunger strike.
这名政治犯绝食一周，以示抗议。
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。
More than 400 exiles were on a dawn-to-dusk hunger strike to dramatize their plight
400多名流亡者举行从早到晚的绝食抗议来让人们关注他们的苦难。
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。