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【英语时差8,16】饥饿的“样子”（上）

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It’s one of the most painful aspects of starvation to witness: the stomachs of children who are dying appear ridiculously swollen1. It’s as if the body plays an unbelievably cruel joke on itself, causing the starved to resemble people whose bellies2 are large from over-eating. Is there a connection? In fact the two instances — starvation and overeating — only resemble each other in a superficial way. The belly3 of an over-eater looks the way it does due to a build-up of fat cells, also present on other areas of the body. The starvation belly stands out in painful relief against emaciated4 arms, legs, and face, and will appear more taut5 and inflexible6.


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1 swollen DrcwL     
adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀
参考例句：
  • Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
  • A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。
2 bellies 573b19215ed083b0e01ff1a54e4199b2     
n.肚子( belly的名词复数 )；腹部；（物体的）圆形或凸起部份；腹部…形的
参考例句：
  • They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
  • starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童
3 belly QyKzLi     
n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛
参考例句：
  • The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
  • His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。
4 emaciated Wt3zuK     
adj.衰弱的，消瘦的
参考例句：
  • A long time illness made him sallow and emaciated.长期患病使他面黄肌瘦。
  • In the light of a single candle,she can see his emaciated face.借着烛光，她能看到他的被憔悴的面孔。
5 taut iUazb     
adj.拉紧的，绷紧的，紧张的
参考例句：
  • The bowstring is stretched taut.弓弦绷得很紧。
  • Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them. 思嘉紧张的神经几乎一下绷裂了，因为她听见附近灌木丛中突然冒出的一个声音。
6 inflexible xbZz7     
adj.不可改变的，不受影响的，不屈服的
参考例句：
  • Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
  • The new plastic is completely inflexible.这种新塑料是完全不可弯曲的。

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