famines

Drought and famines have killed up to two million people here .

旱灾和饥荒夺去了这里200万人的生命。

At least a quarter of a million people have died in the fighting and the resultant famines .

至少25万人死于这场战斗和由此引发的饥荒。

Many Irish people went over to America during the famine .

许多爱尔兰人在饥荒时期迁徙到美国。

Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine .

许多慈善机构捐款赈济饥民。

Reports conflicted on how much of the aid was reaching the famine victims .

究竟有多少援助到了饥民手里，相关报告彼此矛盾。

Her grandparents came over from Ireland during the famine .

她的祖父母是在饥荒时期从爱尔兰迁移过来的。

These weeks of drought have once again raised the spectre of widespread famine .

几星期来的干旱再次引起了群众对大饥荒的恐慌。

We can deliver supplies and work to break the back of the famine .

我们可以运送物资，努力解决饥荒中最关键的问题。

The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief .

音乐会的收入将用于救助饥荒。

A famine started which , together with the war , carried away millions of lives

一场饥荒开始了，再加上战争，夺走了几百万条生命。

The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies .

内战阻碍着救援机构对饥荒赈济物资的配给。

This is not another appeal for famine relief .

这不是为赈济饥荒的又一次募捐。

Thousands of refugees are trapped by war , drought and famine

成千上万的难民陷于战争、旱灾和饥荒之中。

Famine hit that benighted country once more .

饥荒再次席卷了那个蒙昧的国家。

Northern Somalia was largely spared from the famine .

索马里北部的大部分地区逃过了这场饥荒。

The famine threatened to depopulate the continent .

饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。

There was a water famine in this area .

这地方闹过水荒。

It is urgent that food and clothing be sent to the famine victims .

急需将食物和衣服送给饥民。

About 20 % of that country 's population is afflicted by famine .

那个国家20%左右的居民饱受饥荒之苦。

War brings death and famine .

战争导致死亡和饥荒。

Many people died during famines every year before liberation .

解放前每年有许多人在饥荒中死亡。

They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine .

他们决定不依靠外援来救灾。

The peasants store up the grain against famine .

农民们贮粮备荒。

Famine stared us in the face .

饥荒迫在眉睫。

Thousands died of famine .

数千人死于饥荒。

A famine broke forth .

发生了饥荒。

Spend a year of plenty the way you spend a year of want and remind yourself of famine even when the barn is full .

丰年要当歉年过，有粮常想无粮时。

That year thousands of people died of famine .

那年，成千上万的人死于饥荒。

We made a contribution to the famine relief fund .

我们给饥荒赈济基金捐了款。

In1934 , there was a severe famine in china .

一九三四年中国发生过一次大饥荒。