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旱灾

hàn zāi

HSK 6

Meaning

  • drought

Definition

长时间无雨或少雨,导致土壤水分不足,农作物缺水枯萎的自然灾害。

A natural disaster caused by prolonged lack of rain or insufficient rainfall, leading to soil moisture deficiency and crop wilting.

Usage

通常作为名词使用,描述一种自然灾害现象,常与干旱、农业减产等概念关联。

Used as a noun to describe a natural disaster phenomenon, often associated with drought, agricultural reduction, etc.

Examples

  • 1 今年夏天发生了严重的旱灾,许多庄稼都枯死了。(A severe drought occurred this summer, and many crops withered and died.)
  • 2 政府采取了紧急措施应对旱灾,包括人工降雨。(The government took emergency measures to combat the drought, including artificial rainfall.)
  • 3 旱灾导致该地区粮食产量大幅下降。(The drought caused a sharp decline in grain production in the region.)
  • 4 农民们十分担忧旱灾会持续下去。(Farmers are very worried that the drought will continue.)
  • 5 历史上,这个地区经常遭受旱灾的侵袭。(Historically, this region has frequently suffered from droughts.)
  • 6 旱灾过后,人们开始重视水资源保护。(After the drought, people began to pay attention to water resource conservation.)

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