The sun shone down on deserts.

太阳照射在沙漠上。

I live in dry areas like deserts.

我住在像沙漠一样干燥的地方。

Deserts in sub-Saharan Africa will diminish gradually.

撒哈拉以南非洲的沙漠将逐渐减少。

Deserts were tidy because there were no weeds in them, nothing that crawled.

沙漠很整洁，因为里面没有杂草，没有爬行的东西。

By contrast, deserts and areas covered by ice and snow, these places have high albedos.

相比之下，沙漠和冰雪覆盖的地区，反照率很高。

Their remains, though lying in one of the world's largest deserts, are buried in upside-down boats.

他们的遗体虽然躺在世界上最大的沙漠之一，却被埋在乱七八糟的船上。

Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia.

随着北美、欧洲和亚洲植被的急剧变化，沙漠遍布世界各地。

Finally they returned yet again to the land as tortoises, some of which now live in the driest of deserts.

最终，它们再一次回到陆地，进化成为陆龟，其中的一些现在生活在非常干旱的沙漠中。

Consider the many geographic features of the country: mountains, steep grades, wetlands, rivers, deserts and plains.

想想这个国家的众多地理特征：山脉、陡坡、湿地、河流、沙漠和平原。

Consider the many geographic, features of the country: mountains, steep grades, wetlands, rivers, deserts and plains.

想想这个国家的众多地理特征：山脉、陡坡、湿地、河流、沙漠和平原。

Along the way, we despoiled most of the land we worked, often turning verdant, natural ecozones into semi-arid deserts.

一路上，我们破坏了大多数我们曾经耕作过的的土地，经常把翠绿的自然生态区变成了半干旱的沙漠。

A similar strategy—accelerated development combined with a resting stage—has also allowed amphibians to inhabit deserts.

一个类似的策略——加速发展与休息阶段相结合——也使两栖动物得以栖息在沙漠中。

The nature of plant life in deserts is also highly dependent on the fact that they have to adapt to the prevailing aridity.

沙漠中的植物的性质也高度取决于这样一个事实，即它们必须适应普遍的干旱。

Deserts contain large amounts of groundwater when compared to the amounts they hold in surface stores such as lakes and rivers.

与湖泊、河流等地表储存的地下水相比，沙漠中含有大量的地下水。

On these and similar formations in deserts around the world, a few fierce plants have adapted to endure under ever-changing conditions.

在世界各地的沙漠中，这些和类似的岩层里，一些顽强的植物已经适应了在不断变化的条件下继续生存。

In the rusty red deserts of South Africa, steep-sided rocky hills called inselbergs rear up from the plains like the bones of the earth.

在南非铁锈般红色的沙漠中，被称为岛山的陡峭岩石山丘从平原上拔地而起，就像大地之骨。

Yet on these and similar formations in deserts around the world, a few fierce plants have adapted to endure under ever-changing conditions.

然而，在世界各地的沙漠中的这些构造或类似的构造上，一些“凶猛”的植物已经适应了在不断变化的条件下生存。

The deserts, which already occupy approximately a fourth of the Earth's land surface, have in recent decades been increasing at an alarming pace.

沙漠已经占据了大约四分之一的地球表面积，近几十年来还在一直以惊人的速度增加。

This marsupial inhabits the deserts of central Australia where the onset of rains and the resulting sudden growth of vegetation are extremely unpredictable.

这种有袋类动物生活在澳大利亚中部的沙漠中，那里的降雨和植被的突然生长是极其不可预测的。

The semiarid lands bordering the deserts exist in a delicate ecological balance and are limited in their potential to adjust to increased environmental pressures.

沙漠边缘的半干旱土地处于非常脆弱的生态平衡之中，而这些半干旱区域对于持续增加的环境压力的适应能力极其有限。

We fear the breakdown of the electric grid, the end of non-renewable resources, the expansion of deserts, the loss of islands, and the pollution of our air and water.

我们担心电网会崩溃、不可再生资源会枯竭、沙漠会扩张、岛屿会消失、空气和水会受到污染。

At the end of the book the child's true identity is discovered, and the bad guys get their just deserts.

在书的结尾，这孩子的真实身份被揭开了，那些坏人也受到了应有的惩罚。

Some deserts are sandy and stony.

有些沙漠是沙质和石质的。

At night, deserts can become very cold.

到了晚上，沙漠会变得非常冷。

Deserts can be hot and dry places.

沙漠炎热又干燥。

Deserts can also be very windy places.

沙漠地区风也可能很大。

That is good because few plants grow in deserts.

这很好，因为很少有植物生长在沙漠中。

The wind can change the shape of the deserts.

风可以改变沙漠的形状。

China was praised for no deserts in northern China.

中国因北方没有沙漠而受到赞扬。