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

• Heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts kill tens of thousands each year.
  热浪、暴风雨、洪水和干旱每年都会夺走成千上万人的生命。
• 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。
• She said more droughts, floods and storms mean greater demands for humanitarian aid.
  她说，更多的干旱、洪水和暴风雨意味着对人道主义帮助的更多需求。
• Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, floods& all are now more frequent and more intense.
  热浪、干旱、野火、洪水比以往更加频繁和剧烈。
• Over farming and droughts are problems in Swaziland and have led to major food shortages in the past.
  过度开垦和旱灾是斯威士兰的困境，也是过去粮食短缺的主因。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。