英语释义

• a prolonged shortage

• a temporary shortage of rainfall

片语

drought preparedness作好干旱準备

drought control抗旱；防旱

partial drought部分干旱

goal drought进球荒；入球荒

drought relief干旱救灾

drought escape逃旱性

drought tolerance[农学][植] 耐旱性

The droughtThe Drought is a 1965 science fiction novel by British author J. G.

pasture drought牧业旱情

drought resistance耐旱性，[植] 抗旱性

drought region干旱地区

drought alleviation抗旱

英汉例句

• the drought in ningxia started in 2004 and some districts have not received substantial rainfall for over 600 days.

  宁夏的干旱从2004年开始，一些区域没有受到有效性的降雨持续达600天之久。

• most parts of african countries have suffered from drought in recent years.

  近几年来非洲大部分地区都久旱无雨。

• that is understandable when drought or deluge can destroy their crop, but it has the effect of reducing yields.

  当旱灾或洪灾可以摧毁庄稼的时候，这是可以理解的，但这么做会降低农业的产量。

• growth was held back in 2003 by extensive drought and the gradual winding down of the international presence.

  这种发展形式被2003年大面积的旱灾和世界性卷风的出现所阻碍了。

• but the report says there is some evidence of increased drought conditions in the west and southwest.

  但是报告指出有些证据表明西部和西南地区的干旱情况有所加重。

• there are those who think this drought will finish in october with the coming of the long rains and everything will go back to normal.

  有人认为当漫长的雨季在十月到来后，干旱就会结束，所有的一切都将恢复正常。

• it caused widespread drought in australia and indonesia as well as floods in peru and ecuador.

  它给澳大利亚和印尼带来严重的旱灾，又在秘鲁和厄瓜多尔造成洪灾。

• only a few months ago, parts of the southwest suffered from the worst drought in a century.

  仅在几个月前，中国的西南部分地区蒙受了一个世纪以来最为严重的旱灾。

• the scientists calculated the threat to rainforests from drought or forest fires as the world warms by looking at 16 different climate change models from research centres around the world.

  通过观察来自世界研究中心16个不同的气候变化模式，科学家把对雨林的威胁归结于因全球变暖所致的干旱和森林火灾。

• however, with drought and a food shortage, people began consuming the rice as well as the fish and thus, sushi as we know it today was born.

  然而，由于旱灾和食物短缺，人们在吃鱼的同时也开始连同把米饭都吃掉，于是，我们今天所熟知的寿司便诞生了。

• over half of all deaths from natural disasters worldwide are due to drought and famine, according to the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies.

  根据国际红十字会联合会和红新月会的报道，全球所有因自然灾害造成的死亡人数中，超过半数是由于干旱和饑荒。

• now we face our biggest challenge yet.the drought in our area has led to the worst starvation i have ever seen—worse even than what we saw in 1992.

  如今我们仍然面临着最大的挑战，我们这一地区的干旱已引发我所见到过的最严重饑荒——比1992年我们所见到的饑荒更甚。

• at the dawn of history, its morality was not questioned; it was simply a fact, like drought or disease -- the manner in which tribes and then civilizations sought power and settled their differences.

  在历史初期，战争的道义性无人质疑；它是如同干旱或疾病一样的现实——是各个部落以及后来的各种文明谋求权力和解决分歧的方式。

• the practice caught on elsewhere, helping the farmers of the basin to get through the recent long drought using far less water than before yet with no reduction in output.

  该做法也被其他地方效仿。 尽管农民能用的水比以前要少很多，但这种做法使他们度过了这个很长的干旱期，使它们的农作物产量不会减少。

• the drought has depleted their supply of water.

  干旱使供应给他们的水大为减少。

• true, the drought is serious, but it can't scare us.

  旱情诚然是严重的，但它吓不倒我们。

相似词

aridity干旱；乏味

spell符咒；着魔；一段时间；魅力，魔力；休息期；一轮投球时间；木片

dry变干

dehydration脱水

deficiency缺陷，缺点；缺乏；不足的数额

insufficiency不足，不充分；机能不全；不适当

depletion消耗；损耗；放血

paucity缺乏；少数；少量

scantiness缺乏；不足

barrenness不孕癥；不育癥；荒芜

scarcity不足；缺乏

scarceness稀少；缺乏

shortage缺乏，缺少；不足

dearth(Dearth)人名；(英)迪尔思

want需要；缺少

lack缺乏，不足

相反词

wet弄湿

flood淹没，泛滥；大量涌入；大量送至；充满；使大受感动；照进；（发动机）使溢流；血崩

wet弄湿