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词汇 water-stressed
释义 water-stressed
adjective
(alsowater stressed)uk /ˈwɔː.tə.strest/ us /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ.strest/
environment specialized
(of an area) not having enough water:
The article warned that two-thirds of the world's population will live in water-stressed countries by 2025.
He said that the public would not tolerate high levels of leakage in water-stressed areas.
agriculture specialized
(of plants) not able to grow normally because they do not get the right amount of water, usually too little water:
Chronically water-stressed plants are more susceptible to attack by insects and diseases.
If plants are water stressed during the summer, they may experience severe problems during the rest of the year.
The owners of the land are surviving living in a water-stressed country by relying on a water storage facility they built behind their fields.
The United Nations estimates that, of the 6 billion people on the planet, 2.4 billion live in a water-stressed environment.
I saw some beautiful old trees, many thickets of young saplings, some healthy forests, some water-stressed forests, and some bushfire-damaged forests.
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