1、starve

挨饿;饿死

A number of the prisoners we saw are starving.

我们看到的一些囚犯快要饿死了。

In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians starved to death or were deported.

在 20 世纪 30 年代，有几百万乌克兰人饿死或被驱逐出境。

使挨饿

He said the only alternative was to starve the people, and he said this could not be allowed to happen.

他说唯一的其他选择就是让人们挨饿，又说这是绝对不允许发生的。

Judy decided I was starving myself.

朱迪认定我在让自己挨饿。

使极其缺乏;使迫切需要

The electricity industry is not the only one to have been starved of investment.

投资严重缺乏的不光是电力工业。

The most damaging thing the West could do is to starve Russia of new foreign capital.

西方能够祭出的最阴险一招就是不让俄罗斯得到新的外资。

2、consume

吃;喝;饮用

Many people experienced a drop in their cholesterol levels when they consumed oat bran.

很多人食用燕麦麸后胆固醇水平下降了。

serving chocolate ice-creams for the children to consume in the kitchen.

端上巧克力冰激凌让孩子们在厨房里吃

消耗，耗费(燃料、能源或时间)

Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.

一些极为节能的冰箱比传统型号耗电减少70%。

plans which will consume hours of time and deplete your cash reserves.

要花费若干小时并消耗你留存备用的钱的计划