drought

【发音】

美 /draʊt/ 英 /draut/

【翻译】

1. n. 干旱， 旱灾

   英释:a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water for plants and animals to live

【记忆】

dr(看作dry， 干燥的) ＋ ought(应该) → 干旱时应该很干燥 → 干旱

【短语】

1. drought resistance : 耐旱性，抗旱性

2. drought relief : 干旱救灾

3. drought control : 抗旱；防旱

【例句】

1. ...a country where drought and famines have killed up to two million people during the last eighteen years.

   …过去18年来干旱和饥荒致死达两百万人的一个国家。

【真题例句】

1. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...this year's drought appears unlikely to cause a food crisis...

2. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...there is no way that Krugman could have identified this drought as being caused by global warming without a time machine: Climate models estimate that such detection will be possible by 2048...

3. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...when the drought situation turned alarming...

4. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...He claims that global warming caused the current drought in America's Midwest...

5. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...What is the author's comment on Krugman's claim about the current drought in America's Midwest...

6. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...South Asia experienced severe drought condition and India had been importing wheat on a large scale from the United States...

7. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Bill Mckibben similarly worries in The Guardian about the Midwest drought and corn prices...

【同、近义词】

1. n.[气候]干旱；缺乏

   shortage/deficiency/need/short of/want/

【同根词】

1. adj

   dry : 干的；口渴的；枯燥无味的；禁酒的

   dried : 干燥的；弄干了的

   dryish : 稍干的；略近干涩的

2. adv

   drily : 干燥地；冷淡地；讽刺地

   dryly : 干燥地；冷淡地；枯燥无味地

3. n

   dry : 干涸

   dryer : 烘干机；[助剂] 干燥剂

   dryness : 干燥；冷淡；干燥无味

4. v

   dried : 使干（原形是dry）

5. vi

   dry : 变干

6. vt

   dry : 把…弄干