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

• Their way of agriculture led to floods and droughts.
  破坏自然导致洪涝和干旱。
• 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。
• 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。
• Global warming will cause dramatic climate changes including more frequent floods, heat waves, and droughts.
  全球变暖将会导致气候急骤变化，包括更加频繁发生的洪水、热浪和干旱。
• 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。
• The reports of floods and droughts we've been seeing in the news could be caused by global warming.
  我们在新闻中看到的洪灾和干旱可能是全球变暖造成的。
• 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。
• East Asia and the southern US are promised more hurricanes and cyclones, Africa and south Asia droughts and disease.
  东亚和美国南部地区可能遭受更多的飓风和低气压，非洲和南亚则将出现干旱和疾病。
• 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。
• Such as floods and droughts,@ he said at the summit.
  如洪水和干旱，他在地球峰会上说。