So there was no half-starved band of survivors huddled in one sealed room using the computer as shipwrecked sailors would a signal fire. Just a machine that had somehow activated itself.(因此，那里沒有餓的半死的生存者，卷縮在一個密封房間里，并象沉船的船員用信號火來求救一樣，去使用計算機(jī)來求救。也許這只是一臺機(jī)器因為某種原因，自己激活了自己吧。)

Then on Christmas Eve, a half-starved white-haired man came in from the snow and began to play.(在圣誕前夜，一個很餓的白發(fā)男子從雪中走來，開始了演奏。)

Long shelled, shot at and deprived of shelter, food and medicine, the half-starved wretches who have survived the recent battles are exceptionally vulnerable.(長期被炮轟、射殺，居無定所，缺藥少食，餓得半死的苦命平民，在最近幾次的戰(zhàn)斗中幸存下來更是尤其脆弱。)

I'm half starved. I could eat horse.(餓死了。我?guī)缀蹩梢猿缘孟乱黄ヱR。)

He's a scrawny, grey-faced man, WHO looks half-starved, and he's always very slovenly in appearance.(他是個瘦骨棱棱，臉色發(fā)灰的人，活象沒吃飽飯，外表總是非常邋遢。)

While he was absent a half-starved wolf appeared on the scene, and went up to the plough and began chewing the leather straps attached to the yoke.(這時，一只餓得半死的狼出現(xiàn)了，他走到犁旁邊，開始咀嚼牛軛上的皮套。)

Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families.(許多人為了身上的華服不惜虧待肚皮，而且讓家人過著三餐不繼的日子。)

They watch these children come to the homes half-starved and hopeless.(他們看到孩子們剛進(jìn)來的時候，是餓得半死，毫無盼望。)

He was half starved and begged for help.(他餓得不行，來討吃的。)

Objective To investigate the influence of high fat -rich feeding on the metabolism of carnitine and lipid in half-starved rats.(目的探討高脂飼料喂養(yǎng)半饑餓狀態(tài)下大鼠肉堿及脂肪代謝的變化。)