famine n.饥荒；饥饿，奇缺
【真题再现】Ever since then,forecasters have being warning that world wide famine was just around the next corner.
从那以后，预报员一直警告说世界性的饥荒将要来临。
【CET-6,2004.01,改错】
【联想记单词】联想：fa(看作far,远)+mine(我的)→粮食离我很远→饥荒
【活学活用】Famine is now more terrible than the earthquake disaster.
饥荒现在比地震还可怕。