The floods are described as the worst in nearly fifty years.
这次洪灾据说是近50年来最为严重的。
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He was in floods of tears on the phone.
他在电话里失声痛哭。
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The floods are the worst in living memory.
那次洪水是人们记忆中最严重的一次。
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Forecasting floods is not an exact science.
对洪水的预测并不是一门精确科学。
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They sandbagged their homes to keep out floods.
他们在房屋周围堆沙袋以抵御洪水的侵袭。
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disasters such as floods and famine
水灾和饥荒这一类灾难
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The heavy rain has caused floods in many parts of the country.
大雨使全国许多地方泛滥成灾。
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The floods caused havoc throughout the area.
洪水给整个地区带来了灾害。
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The house is unsafe since the foundations were undermined by floods.
这栋房子不安全,因为地基被洪水损坏了.
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They send relief to those who made homeless by floods.
他们给水灾中无家可归的人发送救援物资.
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During the annual floods the river deposits its silt on the fields.
每年河水泛滥时都会在田野上沉积一层淤泥.
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The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
经历了这场特大洪水,当地人民元气大伤,很难恢复.
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Many people died by drowning in the great floods.
许多人在大洪水中淹死了.
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By strengthening the embankments they secured the village from floods.
他们加固河堤让村子免受洪水之灾.
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The wall was built along the river in case of floods.
沿河筑了防护墙以防洪水.
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A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.
2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section AStorms and floods in its main potato growing region last year caused the worst harvest in more than 3 decades.
2018年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section AThese include droughts, floods, windstorms, strong tropical winds and wildfires.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CAt least until spring arrived, by which time they were dealing with damaging floods.
2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文Droughts become more harmful than floods.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项Floods have become more damaging in bangladesh in recent decades.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck.
2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文Stronger bridges mean villages are less likely to be left without food and medicine after floods.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文