Sugar works not by poisoning the food-spoiling microbes, but by causing them to literally die of thirst.

Without rain, plants and animals would die of thirst.

没有雨水，动植物就会干渴而死。

But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, "why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?"

百姓在那里甚渴，要喝水，就向摩西发怨言，说：“你为什么将我们从埃及领出来，使我们和我们的儿女并牲畜都渴死呢？”

My father replied that people would die either of thirst or bombings.

父亲回答他，人们只能在渴死和炸死之间选择一个。

Then suddenly, when the Ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it.

突然，就在蚂蚁快要渴死的时候，一大滴水落了下来。

I would save the rest, if I were you. Hide it. Men have been known to die of thirst in these cells. What about my daughters?

如果我是你的话，我会留下一点.藏好它.在这地牢里常有人被渴死.我的女儿们怎么样了？

Also must appear the drought in these the place, the transportation massive sweet water seepage, lets the pitiful people not die of thirst, die hotly;

也要在那些出现旱灾的地方，输送大量甘甜的泉水，让可怜的人们不在渴死、热死；

Personally speaking, I d rather die of thirst than drink champagne.

我个人是宁可渴死也不去和香槟的。

Then suddenly, when the Ant was almost ready to die of thirst, a large drop of water fell on it. And amid a glorious burst of music from the orchestra the curtain fell.

突然，就在蚂蚁要渴死的时候，一大滴水落了下来。乐队突然奏出一支雄壮的曲子，幕帘随之落下。

There is possibility that people die of thirst in desert.

沙漠里人有渴死的可能。

This inclined plane was suppressed later on, for the sake of symmetry; horses may die of thirst, but the eye is gratified.

为了整齐对称，这个斜坡后来被整修不存在了。马儿渴得要死，但人的眼睛是舒适了。

Fine, die of thirst that'll really show me.

好，渴死的时候再来向我要.

Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water and were afraid they would die of thirst.

按照计划现在应当已经穿越了沙漠，所以他们没有多余的水用，很担心会因饥渴难挨而死。

The division belongs to rain-fed and dry-land farming area and it is mainly one harvest per year for the wheat;

属雨养旱作农业区，小麦多为单料作物；

Study on the Combined Effects of Simulated Rainfalls and Nitrogen Treatments on the Yield and Soil Moisture Dynamic change of Rain-fed Winter Wheat

旱地小麦降水年型与氮素供应对产量的互作效应与土壤水分动态的研究

But few mention the declining supply of water that is needed to grow irrigated and rain-fed crops.

但是几乎没有人提到用于种植灌溉和雨养作物所需的水供应的下降。

Influence of non-tillage and stubble on soil microbial biomass and enzyme activities in rain-fed field of Inner Mongolia

免耕与留茬对土壤微生物量C、N及酶活性的影响

Most of the agriculture is rain-fed, and with lack of rain, crop yields are poor.

这里的大部分农业靠降雨维持，如果缺乏降雨，庄稼的收成就很差。

Studies on the Effects of Interactions of Water and Nitrogen Treatments on Light, Water Efficiency and Yield of Rain-fed Winter Wheat

水肥互作对中肥旱地小麦光能、水分利用效率及产量效应的研究

Effect of humate compound fertilizer on physiological characteristics and yield of wheat under irrigated and rain-fed conditions

灌溉和旱作条件下腐植酸复合肥对小麦生理特性及产量的影响

Long term simulation of water potential productivity of alfalfa on rain-fed highland in south of Loess Plateau

黄土高原南部旱塬地苜蓿水分生产潜力模拟研究