Even the most reliable waterpower varied with the seasons and disappeared in a drought.
即使是最可靠的水力也会随着季节变化，也会因干旱而消失。
California has been facing a drought for many years now, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system.
加州已经遭受旱灾多年，某些地区甚至不得不从数百英里外抽取淡水，输送到他们的给水系统中。
Some plants store reserves of water to see them through a drought; others send roots deep down to subsurface water supplies.
有些植物储存水分来使它们度过干旱；另一些则把根深深地扎入地下水源。
Say, for example, there is a drought for a couple of decades, or hunters are killing five percent of the population, and so on.
比如说，有一场持续了几十年的干旱，或者猎人捕杀了物种的5%，等等。
And during a drought, things are worse still.
如果再加上干旱，事情还会更糟。
This year's price spike started with a drought in Russia.
今年的价格上涨则始于俄罗斯的干旱。
Australia's wheat belt emerged from a drought just as Argentina entered one.
澳大利亚的小麦带刚刚摆脱干旱，阿根廷又开始旱灾。
So during a drought you may not be able to enhance rain in the cloud system.
所以在干旱时期，可能无法提高云中的雨量。
Part of the Yangtze River has been closed to shipping because of a drought, China Daily reported.
据《中国日报》报道，受干旱影响，长江部分河段已停止航运。
Villagers line up to collect drinking water from a well at a drought-hit village in Chuxiong.
图中为云南省楚雄市的一个村庄里的村民们排队等候从一口水井里收集饮用水。
The world's largest tropical forest, the Amazon, experienced something rare last year - a drought.
世界最大的热带雨林——亚马逊热带雨林，去年遭受了一场少有的干旱。
The 28, 000-square-foot green roof over the auditorium is planted with sedum, a drought-resistant plant.
大礼堂上方28000平方英尺的绿色屋顶种植着景天属植物——一种抗旱植物。
A flood following a drought is a reasonable description of recent flows of private capital to emerging markets.
干旱后的洪流最能形容现今私人资本涌入新兴市场的架势。
But for the past six months, the area has been experiencing a drought never seen before, forcing him to stay ashore.
但在过去六个月里，该地区经历了前所未有的干旱，迫使他休渔。
California, for example, has suffered a drought for the past two years and just experienced the driest spring in recorded history.
比如在加利福尼亚，过去两年里遭遇了一场干旱，又刚刚度过有史以来最干燥的春天。
Researchers say villages where farmers planted trees did better than others during a drought and food shortage in two thousand five.
研究人员表示，在2005年干旱和食品短缺期间，种植树木的村庄比其他村庄情况更好。
Australia, in particular, is now in the 10th year of a drought that looks more and more like a long-term manifestation of climate change.
特别是在澳大利亚，连续十年的旱灾已经更加显示出长期气候变化的征兆。
Southern Company, an electricity utility based in Atlanta, temporarily shut down some of its power plants last summer because of a drought.
坐落在亚特兰大的公用电力公司Southern Company，去年夏天基于旱灾理由，关闭了旗下的一部份电厂。
It led directly to forest fires in South East Asia, to a collapse of fish stocks in South America and a drought threatening 700, 000 people in Papua New Guinea.
它直接导致了东南亚森林火灾、南美鱼类资源的崩溃以及威胁到巴布亚新几内亚700,000人口的干旱。
Now and again he had managed to borrow a few shillings from old PALS, who would have lent more only that it was a drought year and they were hard put themselves.
有几次他从一些老朋友那里借到几个先令，他们愿意能多借几个钱给金，可是年景这样不好，谁都吃不消。
Relief officials worry that with a drought in some parts of the country and increased food prices, over four million Afghans are facing extremely difficult circumstances.
救援工作人员担心，由于阿富汗国内某些地区的旱灾以及食品价格上涨，400多万阿富汗人面临及其困难的境地。
By the end of the winter, public attention is likely to focus on especially dry conditions across much of the southeast, Halpert suggested, because "La Nina is kind of a drought creator."
Halpert建议，由于“拉尼娜”能使气候变得干旱，等冬季一结束，公众的注意力很可能集中到东南方大部分的尤其干旱的气候条件上。
A drought by definition is a period of unusually dry weather.
干旱的定义是：一段时间内异常的干燥天气。
A Drought Act was passed and there was widespread water rationing - some rivers, such as the Don and Sheaf in Sheffield, almost dried up.
一项《干旱法案》获得通过，水配给制广泛实施-一些河流，如Sheffield的Don河和Sheaf河，几乎干涸。
A Drought Act was passed and there was widespread water rationing - some rivers, such as the Don and Sheaf in Sheffield, almost dried up.
一项《干旱法案》获得通过，水配给制广泛实施-一些河流，如Sheffield的Don河和Sheaf河，几乎干涸。
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