名詞 fasting:

1. abstaining from food
   同義詞：fast

動詞 fast:

1. abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
   同義詞：fast
2. abstain from eating
   同義詞：fast

1. Billy had been fasting against Cooper for three days before the debtor showed up.
   比利為索債在珀門前靜坐絕食三天，欠債人庫珀才露面。
2. An eating disorder in which one alternates between abnormal craving for and aversion to food. It is characterized by episodes of excessive food intake followed by periods of fasting and self-induced vomiting or diarrhea.
   飲食失常一種飲食無序，在這種情況下，一個(gè)人常常處于不正常的貪食和厭食的交替狀態(tài)，特點(diǎn)是偶爾的暴飲暴食繼而又很快的引起嘔吐或腹瀉
3. The observances of the Church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well kept since the rich keep the feasts and the poor the fasts.
   教會有關(guān)節(jié)日宴會與禁食的儀式遵守得相當(dāng)好，因?yàn)楦蝗俗袷毓?jié)日宴會而窮人則遵守禁食。
4. I have been fasting all day.
   我已禁食了一整天。