干旱

在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。

Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the 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 .

这条河在干旱期间断流了。

The river ran dry during the drought .

实际上，因为干旱，很多粮食作物歉收。

In fact many food crops failed because of the drought .

去年罕见的干旱天气已导致农业减产。

Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production

干旱让两百多万人濒临饿死。

Drought has left more than two million people close to starvation

小路因干旱变得又干又滑。

The path was dry and slithery from the drought .

由于持续干旱，用水需要实行配给了。

A prolonged drought had necessitated the introduction of water rationing

这会帮助那些家庭度过干旱期，不至于遭受太多的苦。

This would help the families to survive the drought without undue suffering

在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。

There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones .

那是非洲最干旱、尘土最多的地方之一。

It was one of the driest and dustiest places in Africa .

他说干旱已经连续两年导致农作物严重歉收。

He said drought had led to severe crop failure for the second year running

夏季的干旱已经对政府的经济业绩造成了沉重打击。

The summer drought has dealt a heavy blow to the government 's economic record

几百万人因干旱和歉收而受到饥饿的威胁。

Millions of people are threatened with starvation as a result of drought and poor harvests .

岩层中有证据表明，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 .

春天异常干旱，我们在整个6月只有0.2英寸的降雨量。

The spring had been unusually dry and we received only two tenths of an inch of rain during the entire month of June .

事实上，人们有些过于恐慌。如地图所示，干旱仅限于英国的南部和东部地区。

In fact , the panic is overdone . As the map shows , the drought has been confined to the south and east of Britain .

2,000万年前，爱达荷州并不像现在这样干旱。相反，那时的爱达荷州温暖潮湿，有大片的原始森林。

Twenty million years ago , Idaho was not the arid place it is now . Rather , it was warm and damp , populated by dense primordial forest

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 .

长时间干旱，水源都枯竭了。

The long drought dried up the source .

干旱期间庄稼都枯死了。

The crops died during the drought .

尽管干旱，植物又长出来了。

The plants are growing in again , despite the drought .

如果继续干旱下去，一切都完了。

If this drought continued , it would spoil everything .

干旱时这家人只能用湿浴巾擦身子。

During the drought the family had only sponge bath .

在干旱地区种水稻可是一个难题。

How to grow rice in a dry area is a difficult problem .

因为干旱，麦子都瞎了。

The wheat failed to sprout during the drought .

土地因干旱而龟裂。

The land cracked up because of the drought .

在干旱期间我们必须谨慎用水。

We must conserve water during the drought .

他们必须跟干旱作斗争。

They had to contend against drought .

干旱时这条小溪干了。

The stream ran dry in drought .