starve ❍ 我想透了： 和你在一块儿整天～，看别人的脸色，听别人的闲言闲语，还要受你的脚板气，我贪图什么？ (周而复《上海的早晨》 Ⅰ—173) I’ve no illusions about it now. What have I got to look forward to if I stay here starving with you all the time,humouring you,listening to your slander,being trodden underfoot?