droughts

英 [draʊts]

美 [draʊts]

n.  久旱; 旱灾
drought的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 久旱;旱灾
  Adroughtis a long period of time during which no rain falls.
  1. 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。
  2. He told a press conference that Spain was suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.
     他在记者招待会上说西班牙正遭受着本世纪最严重的旱灾之一。

双语例句

• South and Southeast Asia and parts of Latin America and Africa have seasonal droughts.
  亚洲的南部和东南部、拉丁美洲和非洲的部分地区遭受季节性旱灾。
• Severe winters and summer droughts in2000,2001, and2002 resulted in massive livestock die-off and zero or negative GDP growth.
  2000年、2001年和2003年三年连续的冬季严寒和夏季干旱使大批牲畜死亡，GDP出现负增长。
• Other regions would face the threats of droughts, bigger storms and changing rainfall patterns.
  而其它地区将会面临干旱，更猛烈的风暴和降雨模式改变的威胁。
• Droughts and floods made worse by climate change.
  干旱和洪水随着气候的改变也愈演愈烈。
• Droughts in Eastern Europe and heavy rains in North America this summer sent grain and oilseed prices soaring.
  今夏的东欧干旱和北美暴雨，导致谷物和油籽价格飙升。
• Droughts, viruses, bacteria and parasites are all painfully natural.
  旱灾、病毒、细菌和寄生虫，全是给人类造成痛苦的自然物。
• Most dust storms are linked to long droughts, exacerbated by human activities like overgrazing and deforestation.
  大部分的沙尘暴都源于长期干旱，并由于诸如过度放牧和伐木等人类活动而更加恶化。
• Overcoming severe droughts and other natural disasters, China achieved sustained and steady development of agriculture last year.
  去年，中国克服了严重旱灾等自然灾害，农业持续平稳发展。
• Rising temperatures and more frequent droughts and floods can compromise food security.
  气温升高以及更频繁的旱灾和水灾可影响粮食保障。
• More frequent droughts and crop failures breed hunger and conflict in places where hunger and conflict already thrive.
  日趋频繁的干旱和粮荒在饥馑和战乱已然深重的地区进一步加深了灾难。