arid

adj.

1. 干旱的；干燥的
   having little or no rain; very dry
   1. arid and semi-arid deserts
      干旱和半干旱的沙漠
2. 枯燥的；乏味的；毫无新意的
   with nothing new or interesting in it
   1. an arid discussion
      枯燥的讨论

1. ADJ-GRADED 干旱的;不毛的
   Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
   1. ...new strains of crops that can withstand arid conditions.
      能抵抗干旱条件的新品种作物
   2. ...the arid zones of the country.
      该国的干旱区域
2. ADJ-GRADED 枯燥无味的；乏善可陈的
   If you describe something such as a period of your life or an academic subject as arid, you mean that it has so little interest, excitement, or purpose that it makes you feel bored or unhappy.
   1. She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.
      她为他枯燥无味的生活带来了从未有过的乐趣。
   2. ...the politically arid years of military dictatorship in the 1960s and '70s.
      在20世纪60和70年代军事独裁期间政事荒芜的岁月

1. She had given him the only joy his arid life had ever known.
   她为他枯燥无味的生活带来了从未有过的乐趣。
2. There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.
   在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
3. Twenty million years ago, Idaho was not the arid place it is now. Rather, it was warm and damp, populated by dense primordial forest
   2,000万年前，爱达荷州并不像现在这样干旱。相反，那时的爱达荷州温暖潮湿，有大片的原始森林。
4. Many black Namibians are subsistence farmers who live in the arid borderlands.
   许多生活在土地贫瘠的边境地区的纳米比亚黑人农场主的收成仅够维持自身的口粮。
5. The desertification land of the Ali plateau has the high-cold and arid landscape and the fragile bionomics property.
   阿里高原沙漠化土地具有高寒干旱景观特色和脆弱的生态学属性。
6. My arid heart revived; my affliction is lightened; my strait and struggle are gone.
   我的枯干的心田复活了，我的痛苦减轻了，我的艰苦和挣扎过去了。
7. Solid water affords a new approach to drought resistant planting in arid and semi arid area.
   固体水为干旱、半干旱地区的抗旱造林提供了一种新的途径。
8. Irrigation is an essential condition for the existence and development of agriculture in the arid areas.
   灌溉是干旱区农业存在与发展的必要条件。
9. Population density in arid areas is too high and damages the land further.
   干旱地区的人口密度太高，这会进一步破坏土地。
10. The region is semiarid to arid in overall climate.
    这个地区总体上是半干旱至干旱气候。
11. My grandparents moved to Arizona because the arid climate is good for their health.
    我的爷爷奶奶搬到了亚利桑那州，因为干旱的气候对他们的健康有益。
12. A type of soil that develops in arid climates.
    在干旱的气候中形成的土壤。
13. They live on the arid land.
    他们就靠那干燥的土地生活。
14. He says arid and semi-arid lands represent about eighty percent of the Horn of Africa.
    他表示，干旱和半干旱土地占到了非洲之角土地的80%。
15. An arid region with little or no vegetation.
    一个干旱贫瘠、有很少或根本就没有植被的区域。
16. An arid sandstone plateau between the Nile and the Red Sea.
    一个干旱的沙石高原，位于尼罗河和红海之间。
17. Terpenoids are more prevalent in some arid or semiarid climates.
    萜类在某些干旱或半干旱气候条件下较为普遍。
18. Of arid and semiarid open country.
    产于干旱和半干旱地区的空旷乡间。
19. In the arid and semiarid areas of Northwest and North China, the area of shrubs accounts for36.
    在干旱、半干旱的华北地区和西北地区，退耕还林工程中营造的灌木林占36。
20. In many islands, cacti and prickly bushes replaced the shore arid zone mangrove forest.
    在许多的岛屿上，仙人掌和多刺灌木干旱区取代了岸边的红树林区。
21. The self-propelled water-saving irrigation technology offers the potent guarantee for the food production in arid region.
    行走式节水灌溉技术的出现，为我国三北干旱地区的粮食生产提供了有力保障。
22. Hetian Prefecture belongs to extreme arid climate, The habitat is quite bitter.
    和田地区属极端干旱荒漠区，生境十分严酷。
23. Can tolerate arid desert, there is a strong alkali tolerance.
    能忍受荒漠中干旱，对盐碱有极强的忍耐力。
24. North-west China is a largely arid and semi-arid, fragile environment that is highly vulnerable to climate change.
    中国西北部基本上是干旱和半干旱的脆弱环境，对气候变化非常脆弱。
25. Sesame and Sunflower in Dryland Species of High-yielding Cultivation Technology Between Research of arid and semiarid open country.
    旱地胡麻与葵花间种高产栽培技术研究产于干旱和半干旱地区的空旷乡间。
26. The arid desert meadow and alpine meadow are two main grassland types of Gansu province.
    干旱荒漠草甸和高寒草甸是甘肃省两种主要的草地类型。
27. The results were theoretically arid practically important to improve calculation accuracy and expedite calculation speed.
    研究结果对提高计算精度和加快计算速度具有重要的理论和实际意义。
28. The optimization quality and computation time of set covering arid tabu search algorithms were analyzed and compared.
    分析和比较了集合覆盖和禁忌搜索两种高效布局算法的优化性能和计算时间。
29. A mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture.
    可溶的盐的混合物，见于贫瘠的土壤和一些水体中，对农作物有害。
30. In the interior the climate is semi-arid and arid.
    内陆地区为干旱和半干旱气候。

  boring arid dreary dry dull monotonous【导航词义：乏味的，无聊的】

  boring adj. 令人厌烦的；乏味的，无聊的

〔辨析〕普通用词，指某事物或某人因毫无趣味、吸引力而让人感到乏味的、无聊的。

  arid adj. 无新意的，无趣的

〔辨析〕指某事物毫无趣味的，也指缺乏令人心动的特征或品质的。

  dreary adj. 〈文〉沉闷的，令人生厌的

〔辨析〕指事物了无趣味、使人感到厌烦或沮丧的。

  dry adj. 干巴巴的，枯燥乏味的

〔辨析〕指书籍、讲话、话题等干巴巴的、生硬的、缺乏幽默的，有时含贬义。

  dull adj. 乏味的，无趣的

〔辨析〕作此义解时，通常只能用来形容事物，指因缺乏新鲜感、吸引力而显得乏味、沉闷的。

  monotonous adj. 单调的，乏味的

〔辨析〕指没有变化、重复单调的。