A prolonged drought had necessitated the introduction of water rationing.

一场持续的干旱使定量供水的引进成为必需。

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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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Several "colonies" that grew up around the edges of Delhi have been abandoned for lack of water connections, and much of Bangalore is subject to water rationing during the dry season.

在德里周边的几个居民聚居区由于缺乏水的供给而荒废了，班加罗尔的的大部分地区在旱季也被限制用水。

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The astronauts survived by rationing water and food while using the lunar lander as a lifeboat before returning to the command module for re-entry to Earth.

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Economists would generally argue that price is the right way (although with caveats, pure price allocation of drinking water in a drought might raise hackles) to do that rationing.

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Kathmandu's residents have learned to live with much more deprivation than fuel rationing--four- to eight-hour power outages daily and an acute shortage of drinking water.

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