Drilling a development well results in either an oil or gas development well or a dry development well.

所钻的开发井可能成为产油或气的开发井，也可能为干井。

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Building these dams provided cheap electricity, created jobs for workers, stimulated regional economic development, and allowed farming on lands that would otherwise be too dry.

修建这些水坝可提供廉价的电力，为工人创造就业机会，刺激了地区经济发展，并允许在否则将过于干燥的土地上进行耕种。

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On the whole, however, Kroll and MacIsaac have presented an interesting and readable book discussing what would otherwise be a very dry topic — software development process and practice improvement.

但是总体来说，Kroll和MacIsaac呈现出了一本有趣并且易读的书，这本书探讨了本应很枯燥的话题-软件开发过程与实践改进。

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If not,they say, the future of food security, economic development and social stability in dry areas will be put at risk.

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Man lived in this area before the last desertification or before the drastic climatic changes ended with the hot dry conditions and development of deserts.

BBC: Desert finds challenge horse taming ideas

His research has resulted in the development of the first self-cleaning, dry adhesive and a number of gecko-like robots, including Stickybot, a mechanized lizard developed by Stanford University engineers that can climb up windows and walls using its own adhesive appendages.

CNN: Snails inspire design for state-of-the-art robots

Dr Weiss observes that the development of irrigation coincides with a second cool, dry period, some 8, 200 years ago.

ECONOMIST: Climate change and civilisation