A WORD, A WORLD
drought
释义
- n.
- 旱灾；枯竭；旱季；【气】干旱
- 网络
- 乾旱；天旱；缺乏
展开详细释义
n.
1.【气】干旱;旱灾;旱季
2.〈比喻〉(长期的)缺乏;枯竭
词形变化
复数：droughts
常用短语 3 组
- drought resistance
- 耐旱性，抗旱性
- drought relief
- 干旱救灾
- drought control
- 抗旱；防旱
在例句中理解 32 句
Several scientists, including at least one American, said then that there was no evidence that the dam had caused the drought.
而包括至少一位来自美国的几名科学家说没有直接证据表明是大坝造成了干旱。
The trend is often ascribed to debt, drought and the ready availability of pesticides that serve as poison.
造成这一趋势的常见原因包括负债、遭受旱灾以及用作毒药的杀虫剂方便易得。
Had it not been for the heavy rain, there would have been a more serious drought.
若非那场大雨，旱情原本会更严重。
Sheeran said safety nets that were in place in the Horn of Africa mitigated the effects of the long drought and protected millions of lives.
施林还说，在非洲之角设置的安全网缓解了长期干旱带来的影响，并且使数百万生命避免于难。
The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said the drought remains severe in Southwest China despite recent moderate rainfall.
国家防汛抗旱总指挥部称近期西南地区降雨量不大，旱情仍然严峻。
On the Internet, many Chinese asked whether the dam was at least partly responsible for the drought.
在网上，很多中国人都会疑问大坝是否至少在部分程度上要为干旱的原因负责。
For Mr Perry is a man of faith, one of two governors who have lately tried to end a drought by petitioning the almighty.
由于佩里先生是个有信仰的人，他就是最近曾试图通过向全能的上帝祈祷以结束干旱的两届州长之一的那位。
The seeds of rice, tobacco and corn that she planted this spring have failed to germinate because of the drought, she said.
她说因为干旱，今春播种的大米、烟叶和玉米种子都无收。
The Dust Bowl that affected the prairie regions of the United States was one infamous drought.
沙尘天气波及到了美国的大草原地区，了严重的旱灾。
Most of sub-Saharan Africa seems to be sunk in a perpetual drought that has fed a numbing series of civil wars.
撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲国家似乎陷入永久的干旱，而干旱引发了一系列司空见惯的内战。
He told me that this drought has taught him a hard lesson: it is too difficult to keep animals.
他告诉我干旱给了他一个沉痛的教训：饲养动物太困难了。
This was partly the result of drought. Also important, however, have been higher prices of oil, since modern farming is so energy-intensive.
出现这种现象的部分原因是旱灾，但油价上涨也是一个重要因素，因为现代农业对能源需求很高。
Unfortunately for the Dane, no one was talking about her snapping out of a much-maligned Grand Slam drought.
不幸的是，没人认谈论关于丹麦人什么时候能结束大满贯冠军荒的事。
They cite events like the heat and drought of the 1930s as evidence that extreme weather is nothing new.
他们引述了一些例子来证明极端天气事件并非什么新鲜事。
Despite the fact that the organizing element for the garden is water, the plants by and large are drought-tolerant.
除了流水是花园里重要组成因素这个事实外，总的来说，那些植物都是耐旱的。
Plummeting water oxygen levels due to a severe drought have led to thousands of fish dying along the Manaquiri River.
由于严峻的干旱导致的马拉奎利河水中含氧量缺乏导致了河中数以千计的鱼死亡。
There might be a sliver lining here, some of the states getting heat had been dealing with a terrible drought.
可能也会尚存一线希望，一些州在应对这场可怕的干旱灾难上已经绞尽脑汁。
Due to a severe and lasting drought, water reserves in this country of 11, 000 people had dwindled to just a few days' worth.
由于严重和持久的干旱，水储量在这个国家的11000人减少到短短几天的价值。
But he said the drought could expand to the major grain-growing areas of the north.
但他表示，旱情有可能扩大到北方的主要粮食产区。
After two years of crippling drought, things were starting to look up in the Middle East.
经历了两年的严重旱灾后，中东地区开始出现转机。
In the middle of the hustle and bustle of daily life, they're just two sheep that don't seem to have been affected by the drought at all.
置身于日常生活无边的忙碌中，只有这两只绵羊看起来超然世外，不受尘世的影响。
He finished the sandwich, and, taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket, he took a short drought. Then he returned the flask to his pocket.
三明治吃完了，他从衣袋里掏出了一瓶威士忌，少喝了一点就又装了起来。
None of the GMO traits currently on the market offer increase yield, drought tolerance, enhanced nutrition, or any other consumer benefit.
现在市场上的转基因生物没有一种可以增产，抗旱，增加营养或其他的消费者获益。
We had a bit of a drought last summer thanks to the heat-wave.
去年夏天，由于酷暑我们遭受了轻微的旱情。
Other orbital vehicles have been used to spot water in drought-prone regions and connect rural hospitals via satellite hookup.
其他的轨道载体则用于发现干旱地区的水源和通过卫星连线使农村地区医院能彼此联系。
For those of us lucky enough to always have enough food and water, it may be hard to imagine living through a drought.
对于那些幸运的、总有足够的食物和水的人来说，很难想象在干旱之中的生活。
He thought Lora distinctive and agreed with him donation some of the dividend to the dystrophy dweller nearby as the duration drought.
他以为劳拉是与众不同的并且能够同意他把红利的一部分捐赠给附近因为持续的干旱而营养不良的居民。
The ground around the house is completely dry and cracked like the land in the Sahel Desert during the drought.
房子周围的土地完全干旱得裂开来，就像干旱时期的萨赫勒沙漠一样。
You must be a bit more grave, like this river suffering through a season of drought.
你应当变得深沉些，像这忍受着旱季干渴的河一样。
It had brought nothing but drought and famine.
除了干旱和饥饿，它无法带来任何东西。
...a country where drought and famines have killed up to two million people during the last eighteen years.
…过去18年来干旱和饥荒致死达两百万人的一个国家。
two years of severe drought
两年的严重旱灾