| 1. | We had a poor crop of raspberries this year .
今年我们的悬钩子歉收。 |
| 2. | The crops failed because of drought .
由于旱灾的关系，农作物歉收。 |
| 3. | Failure of crops often results in famine .
歉收常引起饥荒。 |
| 4. | A farmer was in great distress, as his crops had failed and his cow had died on him .
一个农夫处于极度不幸之中，因为他种的庄稼歉收，而他的牛又死了。 |
| 5. | Another example is worldwide harvest shortfall in staple foods that some countries must import heavily .
另一个例子是有些国家必须大量进口的主食遭到世界性歉收。 |
| 6. | In the burst of emigration from ireland in the 1840s, the potato famine provided the push .
十九世纪四十年代爱尔兰突然掀起向国外移民的高潮，系由马铃薯的歉收所引起。 |
| 7. | The first sign came in 1835 when crop failures made it necessary to import wheat from europe .
最早的迹象是一八三五年出现的。当时，由于农业歉收，不得不从欧洲进口小麦。 |
| 8. | In 1973 world food and other commodity prices boomed due to crop failures in many parts of the world .
1973年，世界食品及其他商品的价格由于许多地区的粮食歉收而大大提高。 |
| 9. | Industrial countries need never go short of food because of crop failure, since they can always afford to buy enough on world markets .
工业国决不会因作物歉收而缺乏粮食，因为它们总有能力在国际市场上买到足够的粮食。 |
