dry; arid; parched
n.
drought; aridity
arid and semiarid regions
roadbuilding in arid area
arid landform
conquer drought
dry-land afforestation
{生态} Arid Transition life zone
dry spell/season
xerosol
drought sensitive plants
{生态} arid biogeographic zone
arid region
drought spot
dry forest
drought tolerance
{地质} arid erosion
drought frequency
punja
drought hardening
在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。
Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought.
干旱影响了农作物的生长。
The drought affected the growth of the crops.
预计连续干旱的第五个年头将对加利福尼亚州的经济产生引人注目的影响。
A fifth year of drought is expected to have dramatic effects on the California economy.
干旱持续了好多个星期。
Week after week the drought continued.
他说干旱已连续两年造成严重农作物歉收。
He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running.
在干旱期间，食物变得稀缺。
During the drought, food became scarce.
Prolonged drought has depleted the water.
那些昙花一现的植物应该避开干旱。
The ephemeral plants should evade drought.
不管沙漠有多干旱，它不一定没有生命。
No matter how dry a desert may be, it is not necessarily lifeless.
干旱期间庄稼都枯死了。
The crops died during the drought.
去年干旱的余波已经给他们造成压力了。
They were already under stress, thanks to the aftershock of last year's drought.
干旱地区需要灌溉才能使作物生长。
Irrigation is needed to make crops grow in dry regions.
但在印度尼西亚，极度干旱的森林正熊熊燃烧。
But in Indonesia, extremely dry forests are in flames.
骆驼的脚十分适合干旱沙地，但在泥地上毫无用处。
The camel's feet, well adapted for dry sand, are useless on mud.
那棵树因为干旱濒临死亡。
The tree was at death's door due to the drought.
在干旱期间我们需要保存水资源。
We need to conserve water during the drought.
在干旱期间节省用水很重要。
Saving water is important during a drought.
七百多万多人受到了干旱的影响。
More than seven million people have been affected by drought.
几星期来的干旱再次引起了群众对大饥荒的恐慌。
These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine.
在干旱地区，风是侵蚀的主要因素。
In dry areas, the wind is the principal agent of erosion.
多年生植物会采用各种躲避机制以适应干旱。
The perennial vegetation adjusts to the aridity by means of various avoidance mechanisms.
许多不同种类的植物已形成耐受干旱期的策略。
Many different kinds of plants have developed tactics to weather dry spells.
那里的干旱正在耗尽财力物力。
The drought there is stretching resources.
许多纳米比亚人都是自给自足的农民，居住在干旱的边境地区。
Many Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.
成千上万的难民陷于战争、干旱和饥荒的困境。
Thousands of refugees are trapped by war, drought and famine.
干旱的天气使河水下降。
The dry spell sank the river.
2000万年前，爱达荷州不像现在这样干旱。确切地说，它那时温暖潮湿，生长着茂密的原始森林。
Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest.
过去一年里异常干旱的气候降低了农业产量。
Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production.
There has been a long spell of dry weather.
这个地区经历了严重的干旱。
This area has experienced a severe drought.
一场持续的干旱使定量供水的引进成为必需。
A prolonged drought had necessitated the introduction of water rationing.
专家们认为即将到来的干旱将会是大面积的。
Experts believe that the coming drought will be extensive.
巴西东南部持续多年的干旱正在恶化。
A multi-year drought in south-east Brazil is becoming worse.
村民们在干旱期间祈祷下雨。
The villagers prayed for rain during the drought.
干旱导致了农作物的减产。
The drought has led to a decrease in crop yields.
干旱会剥夺土地的养分。
The drought will denude the land of its nutrients.
数百万人因干旱和歉收正受到饥饿的威胁。
Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests.
岩层中的证据表明该地区在15,000 年前曾经非常干旱。
Contained within the rock strata is evidence that the region was intensely dry 15,000 years ago.
这棵树在干旱中存活了下来。
The tree survived the drought.
我之前提到的,你们所见的这些挑战,如干旱问题,虫害问题以及温度变化之类的
Some of the challenges that you see here I mentioned before, so there are problems with drought, with pests, with temperature changes and the like.
这实在难以置信，但这就是泰德用来在炎热干旱的南部种植番茄使用的水。
It's hard to believe, but this is the same water Ted Sheeley uses to irrigate his tomatoes in the state's hot, dry south.
大约40万人在干旱沙暴期间，几乎失去了一切。美国历史上最严重的一次人为生态灾害。
Some 400,000 people lost nearly everything during the dust bowl. One of America's worst man-made ecological disasters.
不过，这项技术同样可以被利用于种植新型玉米，麦子，大豆和其他粮食，能够抵抗干旱和洪水、害虫和杀虫剂。
So it turns out that the very same technology is also being used to grow new lines of corn, wheat, soybean and other crops that are highly tolerant of drought, of flood, of pests and pesticides.
在上世纪30年代，大平原遭遇过极端干旱。
In the 1930s, the Great Plains were hit by extreme drought.
最后结果就是,他们说那个时期,在那个区域发生了干旱,从而致使,民生凋敝,民怨沸腾
So as a result, they said there were droughts in these areas throughout that period and that caused tremendous unhappiness and discontent.
但比利牛斯山脉应该特别干旱。
The Pyrenees I suppose are dry.
但我们永远不会让干旱尘暴再次发生，对吧？
But we'd never let a dust bowl happen again, would we?
所以所有在干旱尘暴区发生的同样事件，现在也正在发生着。
So all of the same things that happened in the dust bowl are happening now.