Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production.

过去一年里异常干旱的气候降低了农业产量。

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Dry seasons are hungry seasons, lasting half the year or more.

旱季就意味着饥饿的季节，而旱季一般要持续上半年甚至更久。

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Their condition hasn't been helped by recent dry spells: southern Rajasthan suffered an eight-year drought between 1996 and 2004.

它们的状况并没有因近期的干旱期得以改善：拉贾斯坦邦的南部在1996到2004年间遭受了长达八年的干旱。

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Dan Cook, owner of Harry L Cook, a 95-year-old chain of dry cleaners (with three locations) in Syracuse, N.

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But when the Red Sox finally did win the World Series 18 years later, breaking an 86-year dry spell, Buckner says several Red Sox players immediately telephoned him.

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Last year, India received less rain in the first half of the June-September monsoon season than usual, hitting western India, which has endured a two year-long dry spell, particularly hard.

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