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

• 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。
• Such as floods and droughts,@ he said at the summit.
  如洪水和干旱，他在地球峰会上说。
• 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。
• 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。
• More frequent droughts and crop failures breed hunger and conflict in places where hunger and conflict already thrive.
  日趋频繁的干旱和粮荒在饥馑和战乱已然深重的地区进一步加深了灾难。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It brings droughts and floods.
  它给人们带来了旱灾和水灾。