irrigate
英 ['?r?ge?t]
美['?r?get]
- vt. 灌溉；沖洗；使清新
- vi. 灌溉；沖洗
考試真題
- The biggest challenge here is irrigation, which consumes 70% of the world's fresh water.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Millions of irrigation wells have significantly lowered water tables in almost every state.
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- As water tables have fallen and irrigation wells have gone dry, China's wheat crop, the world's largest, has declined by 8% since it peaked at 123 million tons in 1997.
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- When this water is used for agricultural irrigation, farmers risk absorbing disease-causing bacteria, as do consumers who eat the produce raw and unwashed.
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- Most of these operations draw irrigation water from local rivers or lakes.
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- Irrigation is the primary agricultural use of human waste in the developing world.
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- In poor, dry regions, untreated wastewater is the only viable irrigation source to keep farmers in business.
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- Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
- Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
- Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.
2016年6月六級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section C