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

• 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。
• In China, major floods followed extreme droughts, and frequent famines led to mass starvation and death.
  在中国，巨大的洪水过后，又遭受了极为严重的旱灾，不断发生的饥荒造成了大范围的饥饿、死亡。
• Miguel found that modern-day witch-killings in Tanzania are correlated with droughts and floods.
  米格尔发现，当代坦桑尼亚杀害女巫案例与干旱和洪水有关。
• In Kenya one of the worst droughts in living memory devastated Maasai livestock and livelihoods.
  在肯尼亚，人们记忆中最严重的干旱毁灭了玛赛人的家畜，同样也毁灭了他们的生活。
• Their way of agriculture led to floods and droughts.
  破坏自然导致洪涝和干旱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It brings droughts and floods.
  它给人们带来了旱灾和水灾。
• 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。