The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.

饥荒威胁着该大陆人口数量。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Many Irish people went over to America during the famine.

许多爱尔兰人在饥荒时期迁徙到美国。

《牛津词典》

Her grandparents came over from Ireland during the famine.

她的祖父母是在饥荒时期从爱尔兰迁移过来的。

《牛津词典》

Yevgeniy Dubovik says there is no point in dwelling on the past, because everyone knows about the famine anyway and life after collectivization was fine.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

So yet another threat to the promise is overcome: threat of famine is overcome by the relocation to Egypt.

因此，另一个对承诺的威胁被克服了：,迁移至埃及克服了饥荒的威胁。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I remember my first exposure way back in the 60s was a photo of the Biafra famine you remember in the civil war in Nigeria.

我记得我第一次感受到贫困，是在60年代,那是一张关于尼日利亚饥荒的照片,你应该记得，是尼日利亚内战期间。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Some 29, 000 Somali children have died from the famine in the past three months alone.

FORBES: Three Ways to Do Something About Famine in Africa

The WFP is the only organisation with the logistical muscle to end the famine quickly.

BBC: Welcome to tough, unpredictable Mogadishu

Estimates for the famine's death toll at the time varied from 220, 000 to 3.5 million.

WSJ: Putting Statistics to Work in a Land of Illusions