Is the "big dry" a national emergency, or a warning that the earth is running out of water?

“大干旱”是一次全国性的突发事件，还是在警告人们：地球的水就要耗尽了？

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To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, we must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.

由于大油井的枯竭，要想从北海有利地获取石油和天然气，我们必须集中精力于小储量油井的开采。

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Watch paint dry or water boil, or at least put away your smartphone for a while, and you might unlock your next big idea.

看着油漆变干或水烧开，或者至少把智能手机放在旁边一会儿，你可能就会蹦出下一个精妙的想法。

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"We think that for the South Florida parks, Dry Tortugas,Big Cypress, Everglades and Biscayne, it is predominately going to be a tar ball event because the oil is weathering."

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Our vehicles sink into wet roads and crush dry roads because they are too big and heavy.

我们的车子因为笨重,陷入泥路中，在干道路上被压碎。

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Ditiro then switched gears, kneeling down over a big, dry pile of scat.

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There's a dry, no-big-deal feeling about most of the relationships in Ms Moore's stories.

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Nonetheless, Berry says that most companies are "making solid progress" in development and clinical trials and that Big Pharma, with pipelines running dry and blockbuster drugs coming off-patent, needs biotech partners more than ever.

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