| 词汇 | example_english_flood |
| 释义 | Examples of floodThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A variety of ' loyal ' complaints and petitions flooded into government offices to complement this underhand resistance. In the rainy season in particular, potholes, floods, swamps and filth make it extremely difficult for cars and trucks to ply the roads. Thus, while music culture is flooded by the latest technology, the need for a defence against oversimplification has grown. The region is characterized by tropical seasonally flooded savannas. The precise sense of gelad may have been 'water-crossing liable to be rendered impassable by flooding'. Effects of flooding on memories of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. During the 1931 survey it was noticed that these belts frequently formed the highwater-mark of the floods. Late water floods can be used to lower pesticide inputs but the success of this practice is dependent on many variables36,38. Nevertheless, some relatively small differences were detected in the degree of secondary dormancy induced in each population by flooding. Frequency of flooding which covered seedling census plots did not differ among the sites. Studies began 1 y before the onset of forest fragmentation and encompassed the first 3 y after flooding. More than 90% of the landscape is terra firme, although small periodically flooded areas also occur. The response of fishes to periodic spring floods in a southeastern stream. He also noted sudden thickening of coals along zones adjacent to belts of thin coal, which was ascribed to redeposition by flooding. Each island was classified according to the amount of water in the soil (flooded, wet or moist) and by the island form (elliptical or long). Without constant maintenance the road would quickly become overgrown with plants and easily damaged by floods and elephants. In the first, 'enriched input' provides learners with input that has been flooded with exemplars of the target structure in the context of meaningfocused activities. Few nutrients are applied to the soil, which remains flooded most of the time when there is heavy rain. Severe damages to property and life occur during years of high floods. Many old members dropped out and a wave of new recruits flooded into the old units and established hundreds of new ones of their own. Outbreaks have been previously related to flooding [19] and rainfall [20, 21]. Preservational mechanisms producing these include seasonal floods in alluvial regimes, storm deposition in lagoonal and shelf environments, and turbidity flows in deep-water settings. Not only does that warn of increased floods, but worsening aridity and drought in other places. The threatening agents were wild animals, monsters, burglars, or nature forces such as storms, fires, or floods. The dish was flooded with 0.9% saline and the dorsal integument of the tick removed. During soil flooding it was evident that a variety of invertebrate fauna was present in the mini-plots. Both were less interested in rice farming, because the crop was flooded and submerged three times, for up to 7-10 days. The average age of seedlings used for transplanting is 30-45 d, and they are transplanted into continuously flooded soils. In the more southerly localities the lake had flooded the country to a distance of about two miles from the true shore. The question of the variation in the degree of flooding each year is obviously of great importance. The vegetation here is never dry, and never burned, and during the rains the glades are rarely flooded. The organic apple market demands less volume than the conventional, and is more easily flooded with a surplus supply, driving down prices. The reservoir has a capacity of 70,000 cubic metres, flooded an area of 37,325 square metres, and is 6000 metres long. A spectacular example of this problem is illustrated by various stories of flooding and\\or land sinking which were related to white settlers by aborigines. A large unknown is the effect of climate change on extreme weather events, such as droughts, floods, and storms. In this sense, floods clean the rangelands controlling undesirable species. Each of them reacts specifically to flooding, drought and grazing conditions. The most significant of these was the localised damage caused by flooding and by sandblow. Seasonal marsh (including seasonally flooded savannas) was the next most extensive vegetation type covering 16% (3.8 km2) of the region. There is no dominance of specific strategies, but a high diversity of species and strategies that coexist and are all efficient under flooding stress. Lower bancos are prone to flooding whereas isolated patches of semideciduous woodland grow on some high bancos. Their tent was flooded, buried under snow drifts, and, one night, its pole snapped. Unlike floods, typhoons, or some manner of epidemics, populations cannot be publicly marshaled to 'resist' or 'fortify themselves' against the coming disaster. Rain forests in the area are evergreen and terra-firme (not seasonally flooded), ranging from c. 50-100 m elevation. In 1999/2000, plants were subjected to rainfall of high intensity and consequently to varying periods of flooding at different developmental stages. Arguably, the most devastating meteorological events all over the world in recent years has been flooding. Countries that attempt to achieve sustainable ecological economies may be flooded with cheap, environmentally damaging goods from abroad; their domestic industries may suffer. Three-dimensional instabilities cannot be ruled out in this region of parameter space, however the predictions of flooding agree qualitatively with experimental results. The risks of floods, drainage and nutrient deficiency in the soil were identified as the major limiting factors. If the land were inundated, society would lose the rents on this land for the period it was flooded. At this point, the fields are then flooded again. The trial farmers were fewer than expected in 2003, due to floods, late planting and loss of seeds. The sampling showed that the major breeding sites were located on the flooded alluvial soils bordering the river. One may or may not want to give money to the victims of floods in a far-away country. During floods, storage capacity constraints lead to increases in damage, so that downstream nations are willing to help build storage capacity in upstream nations. Because of the seasonal character of the floods, the inland delta as a pastoral grazing system cannot exist on its own. Winter freezing and spring floods cause the most dramatic events. The shaded circles represent areas where there was flooding due to a backup of sewage. Vulnerability to floods would increase with increased dependence on well-functioning irrigation infrastructure. The busers regularly had to deal with these floods by manually unclogging the toilets and cleaning the water and excrement from the bathroom floor. Newly trained teachers, counselors, social workers, and psychologists flooded the schools. They are evidently willing to have a barrier of some kind between themselves and the lower floods of literature. The horizontal line above the x-axis shows flooding periods in the lowland community. Seeds remained buried in the field for 6 months and were exhumed in spring during flooding in the lowland. Aerial nodules with leghaemoglobin activity were found only in low, frequently flooded microsites. With more than 170 species ha-1, the high v'rzea forms the main transitional vegetation unit between flooded and nona flooded forest areas. The vehicle is designed so that it can propel itself across water obstacles and flooded roadways. Effects of flooding on relative abundance and diversity of small mammals in a regenerating bottomland hardwood forest. The levee sites are well-drained throughout the year whilst in contrast, the depressions are flooded in the rainy season. Dataloggers were placed in the centre of the 50 x 20-m plot, approximately 50 cm above ground to prevent dataloggers from being flooded. Vast parts of the muddy and partly flooded area are covered by dead mangrove trunks. After the retreat of the floods, above-ground biomass dropped because of the passing of fire or the flattening of the large grasses that subsequently decomposed. Dissimilarity between sites increases with distance for both flooded and unflooded forests. However, riparian environments are complex, because flooding patterns, water and litter accumulation, and light availability to the understorey can change rapidly in space and time. Stressors and enablers include natural or man made disasters such as floods, hurricanes, oil spills, explosions, and others. Due to flooding, one of the farmland stands could not be sampled properly in 2004 and therefore lacks data from the last year. The impact of the cold period and glacier expansions on human populations, such as failed harvests and floods, are considered. Contact with water in puddles or from flooding was a risk factor related to leptospira infection. The section concerned with glacier floods, or jökulhlaups, is particularly informative, developing the theme, as the author does throughout, with reference to several examples. Especially in this tropical rural setting, with high rainfall that causes frequent floods and rapid vegetation growth, such machinery is in high demand. Though this is an indication of recovery, there is still no fundamental change in the domestic market, as it continues to be flooded with imports. Other chapters provide a wealth of empirical material, for example concerning the hydrology of the floods. The market was flooded with imported goods that ranged from exotic fruits to electronic household equipment and cars. Where rain is more plentiful, the terrain is either so flat that flooding is a problem or so steep that erosion strips away the soil. Fall floods were not used frequently, but their use was twice as common with more educated growers (16%) than for non-high school graduates (7%). Until humans had use of linguistic signs, they could exert no control over the impressions that flooded into the mind through the senses. The effect is such you would think a giant mountain range had been flooded and only the peaks are left showing above the waterline. His mind was flooded with a rush of images forming one coherent plan. One of the most widespread natural hazards is flooding, and the potential for loss of property, risk to life and general social disruption is large. The estimated curves characterize crop losses due to droughts as well as excessive rains causing siltation, excessive soil humidity, and floods. Investments that provide protection against flooding are often beneficial during normal or low flows. Observations during the last few decades indicate, however, that storms and floods seem to have increased in some areas, although probably not globally. The island continually flipflops from water rationing for over a million of its inhabitants to flooding that causes millions of dollars' worth of property loss. Likewise, large rainfall events may lead to flooding, which can also depress yield. The area flooded and depth of routine flooding are reduced so as to make more land available for agriculture and to increase agricultural productivity. Lateral migration to the floodplains occurs with the early floods as the water level in the rivers rises. Where floods are common, such effects create a tool that the downstream nation can pursue to increase upstream storage. Younger seedlings performed better than older seedlings transplanted into either flooded or non-flooded soils with greater uptake of nitrogen and manganese than older seedlings. One must ask the question, what effect higher precipitation levels and flooding would pose on plants and fish within the system. Such a construction would have impeded the natural, southerly flow of water and thus protected the residential area to the south from flooding and sedimentation. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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