But we can also talk about 'a drought' to talk about a specific period of drought.

但我们也可以用 a drought 来描述特定时期的干旱。

Output is reliable and can be regulated to meet the demand, except during the periods of drought.

产量是可靠的，可以调节以满足需求，除非在干旱时期。

That means having healthy herd sizes that can live through severe conditions like long periods of drought.

这意味着要有健康的马群规模，能够在长期干旱等恶劣条件下生存。

In some regions, he adds, extended periods of drought will reduce the land's productivity until it becomes 'dead' soil.

“在某些地区，长时间的干旱会降低土地的生产力，直至其变为“死土”。”

By adjusting their metabolism, resurrection plants can recover from an extended period of drought.

9. 通过调整新陈代谢，复活植物可以从长时间的干旱中恢复过来。

For example, areas in what’s now southern Peru are prone to periods of drought.

例如，现在秘鲁南部的地区 很容易出现干旱时期。

They can tolerate long periods of drought, and some species can survive underwater for two to three days.

它们可以忍受长时间的干旱，有些物种可以在水下存活两到三天。

Egypt has demanded that Ethiopia make clear commitments to ensuring the GERD will still release enough water downriver during periods of drought in order for Egypt to continue functioning.

埃及要求埃塞俄比亚做出明确承诺，确保复兴大坝在干旱期间仍能向下游放出足够的水，以使埃及继续运转。

Since some scientists believe that periods of drought will become more common due to climate change, this could mean that greater rates of sinkholes could be an additional side effect of our changing climate.

由于一些科学家认为，由于气候变化，干旱时期将变得更加普遍，这可能意味着更大的天坑率可能是我们气候变化的额外副作用。

The Panama Canal has gone through periods of drought in the past, and when the canal was expanded beginning in the mid-2000s, the project included a new system that reuses about half of the fresh water.

巴拿马运河过去曾经历过干旱期，2000 年代中期开始扩建运河时，该项目包括一个新系统，可重复利用约一半的淡水。