学个词Learn a Word 第1292期 drought

　　今天我们要学的词是drought。 Drought, 干旱。7月来，美国各地遭受热浪袭击。 "Experts say the heat wave over America can potentially cause a drought scenario," 专家认为，席卷美国的热浪可能会导致干旱。 "A food crisis¹ in the Horn of Africa is affecting millions of people as some areas are hit with the worst drought in 60 years," 非洲之角的粮食危机影响到了数百万人的生活，某些地区正在经历60年来最严重的旱灾。 "Up to three million more Afghans will need food aid by this fall as a drought leads to food shortages," 由于干旱天气导致的粮食短缺，到今年秋天又有300万阿富汗人需要食品援助。好的，今天我们学习的词是drought...

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n.危机，危急关头，决定性时刻，关键阶段

参考例句：

• He had proved that he could be relied on in a crisis.他已表明，在紧要关头他是可以信赖的。
• The topic today centers about the crisis in the Middle East.今天课题的中心是中东危机。