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

• 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。
• The authors mapped specific hazards associated with climate change, focusing on floods, cyclones and droughts.
  一份审视了气候变化可能的人道主义后果的报告发现了全球的气候变化“热点地区”。这组作者刻画了与气候变化有关的特定风险，把重点放在洪水、气旋风暴和干旱上。
• In the last few years China has experienced increasingly frequent and severe droughts, water shortages and floods.
  过去几年里，中国经历了越来越频繁和严重的干旱、缺水和洪灾。
• 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。
• Meteorologists say we are facing twenty years of colder weather and regional droughts.
  气象学家说我们面临着二十年较寒冷的天气和地区性干旱。
• 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。
• 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。
• During droughts, many farm animals get sick or die.
  在干旱时期，很多耕畜都生病或者死亡了。
• 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。
• They can accompany heavy rains or follow droughts, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions.
  它们可能同时伴随有大雨或后续的旱灾，地震或火山喷发。