| 1. | 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。 |
| 2. | The crops failed because the season was dry
因为气候干旱，作物歉收。 |
| 3. | Too small spacing among the plant stands is causative of the crop failure
植株间间隔太小是作物歉收的原因。 |
| 4. | In developing countries , lost crops are only one cause of hunger
在发展中国家，作物歉收只是造成饥饿的一个原因。 |
| 5. | It was not that the deficiency in fertilizer was responsible for the crop failure
不是因为肥料不足才造成作物歉收的。 |
| 6. | Commodity brokers in the corn exchange reacted swiftly to news about crop failure in n . america
谷物交易所的商品经纪人对北美作物歉收的消息做出迅速反应。 |
| 7. | There is , of course , some about the bad weather , the poor crops , or the occasional catastrophes , but generally no critical analysis
当然，也有一些抱怨。譬如，天气恶劣，作物歉收，偶尔的天灾人祸，都招来一些通常缺乏分析的怨言。 |
| 8. | Biotech can also help solve the problem of soil that contains excess aluminum , which can damage roots and cause many staple - crop failures
含铝过高的土壤会损伤作物的根系并使许多主要作物歉收，对于这种问题生物技术也能帮助解决。 |
| 9. | Crop failures in australia and europe , combined with the weak dollar , have made it harder to replace the shortage with imports
由于在澳大利亚和欧洲作物歉收再加上美元贬值，用进口缓减啤酒原材料短缺的选择对于啤酒商来说更加困难了。 |
| 10. | But the point of the frightening statistics about impending water shortages , epidemics and crop failures , says one of the authors , is to jolt politicians into preparing for the coming afflictions
不过，一位著者指出，之所以要公布那些令人感到恐慌的数据来表明水资源短缺、流行病泛滥和作物歉收迫在眉睫，就是为了“震动”政治家以制定应对方案。 |
