Civil war was preventing the people from receiving aid during a drought.

国内战争使人们无法在干旱期间得到援助。

But Weyer found that during a drought, they were likely to be active during the day.

但韦耶发现，在干旱时，它们很可能在白天活动。

In Ethiopia, hand-pumped wells performed better than all other water sources during a drought in 2015 and 2016.

在埃塞俄比亚，在2015年和2016年的干旱期间，手泵井的表现优于所有其他水源。

This keeps the soil wet longer and can help protect the water cycle when things get really dry during a drought.

这样可以让土壤保持更长时间的湿润，并在干旱时期气候非常干燥时帮助保护水循环。

During cold, dry ones they grow more slowly, producing narrow rings. During a drought, a tree might not grow much at all.

在寒冷、干燥的年份，它们生长缓慢，形成狭窄的年轮。在干旱期间，一棵树可能根本长不了多少。

Or maybe they were concentrated around a water hole and slowly dying of thirst during a drought.

或者他们可能集中在一个水坑周围，在干旱期间慢慢渴死。

Several years ago during a drought, the level of the lake dropped sufficiently to reveal a boat from the first century embedded in mud and silt.

几年前，在一场干旱期间，湖水位大幅下降， 露出了一艘埋在泥土和淤泥中的一世纪的船只。

The village is beset by disasters, natural and man-made—the story opens with a murderous raid by bandits and much of the second half takes place during a drought.

这个村庄被自然和人为的灾难所困扰——故事以强盗的凶残袭击开始，后半部分的大部分时间发生在干旱期间。

The history there is a little murky but the earliest known reason that we have comes from the lux fauna a series of Roman laws put in place during a drought in 162 BC.

那里的历史有点模糊，但我们所知道的最早原因来自于公元前 162 年干旱期间实施的一系列罗马法律。