干旱

[gān hàn]

Chinese-English

Web Definition

adj.
1.
arid; dry
n.
1.
drought; aridity

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1.
A study by Galkayo University, which looked at the effects of drought on livestock, said the average cost of a camel in Somalia is $700.
Galkayo大学一份关于干旱对畜牧业影响的研究显示，在索马里平均每头骆驼的价格是700美元。
Galkayo dà xué yī fèn guān yú gān hàn duì xù mù yè yǐng xiǎng de yán jiū xiǎn shì , zài suǒ mǎ lǐ píng jūn měi tóu luò tuó de jià gé shì qī bǎi měi yuán 。
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2.
Just think how much water it must take to grow a cucumber in an arid place such as Spain.
试想，在干旱的地区，像西班牙，种一根黄瓜需要多少水？
shì xiǎng , zài gān hàn de dì qū , xiàng xī bān yá , zhòng yī gēn huáng guā xū yào duō shao shuǐ ?
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3.
He thought Lora distinctive and agreed with him donation some of the dividend to the dystrophy dweller nearby as the duration drought.
他以为劳拉是与众不同的并且能够同意他把红利的一部分捐赠给附近因为持续的干旱而营养不良的居民。
tā yǐ wéi láo lā shì yǔ zhòng bù tóng de bìng qiě néng gòu tóng yì tā bǎ hóng lì de yí bù fen juān zèng gěi fù jìn yīn wèi chí xù de gān hàn ér yíng yǎng bù liáng de jū mín 。
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4.
The first five months of this year was the driest such period in the valley in its 118 years of record-keeping, the authority said.
官方当局声称，今年前五个月份最为干旱，打破了在该流域保持了一百一十八年的记录。
guān fāng dāng jú shēng chēng , jīn nián qián wǔ gè yuè fèn zuì wéi gān hàn , dǎ pò le zài gāi liú yù bǎo chí le yī bǎi yī shí bā nián de jì lù 。
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5.
For those of us lucky enough to always have enough food and water, it may be hard to imagine living through a drought.
对于那些幸运的、总有足够的食物和水的人来说，很难想象在干旱之中的生活。
duì yú nà xiē xìng yùn de 、 zǒng yǒu zú gòu de shí wù hé shuǐ de rén lái shuō , hěn nán xiǎng xiàng zài gān hàn zhī zhōng de shēng huó 。
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6.
The ground around the house is completely dry and cracked like the land in the Sahel Desert during the drought.
房子周围的土地完全干旱得裂开来，就像干旱时期的萨赫勒沙漠一样。
fáng zi zhōu wéi de tǔ dì wán quán gān hàn de liè kāi lái , jiù xiàng gān hàn shí qī de sà hè lè shā mò yí yàng 。
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7.
Water companies might have to invest in new reservoirs, and maybe build desalination plants to deal with droughts.
供水公司可能得投资建设新的水库，并建立海水淡化厂以应对干旱。
gōng shuǐ gōng sī kě néng de tóu zī jiàn shè xīn de shuǐ kù , bìng jiàn lì hǎi shuǐ dàn huà chǎng yǐ yìng duì gān hàn 。
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8.
She said by Skype that much of the land in the drought-affected areas is not very productive even in good times.
她在网络电话中提到，在受干旱影响的地区大多数的土地生产效益都不是很好，即使是在丰收的季节。
tā zài wǎng luò diàn huà zhōng tí dào , zài shòu gān hàn yǐng xiǎng de dì qū dà duō shù de tǔ dì shēng chǎn xiào yì dōu bú shì hěn hǎo , jí shǐ shì zài fēng shōu de jì jié 。
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9.
Most of sub-Saharan Africa seems to be sunk in a perpetual drought that has fed a numbing series of civil wars.
撒哈拉沙漠以南的非洲国家似乎陷入永久的干旱，而干旱引发了一系列司空见惯的内战。
sā hā lā shā mò yǐ nán de fēi zhōu guó jiā sì hū xiàn rù yǒng jiǔ de gān hàn , ér gān hàn yǐn fā le yí xì liè sī kōng jiàn guàn de nèi zhàn 。
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10.
Joel Kotkin, a demographer, points out that California has always had fires during dry years, at least since the time of the Spaniards.
人口统计学家约尔·柯特金指出，加州在干旱年份总是有火灾，这至少始于西班牙人统治时期。
rén kǒu tǒng jì xué jiā yuē ěr · kē tè jīn zhǐ chū , jiā zhōu zài gān hàn nián fèn zǒng shì yǒu huǒ zāi , zhè zhì shǎo shǐ yú xī bān yá rén tǒng zhì shí qī 。
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