Very short of water, very short of food, and no real shelter.

水源匮乏，食物短缺，也没有真正的避难所。

Many areas are short of water, so people there walk kilometers for water.

有许多地区缺水，那里的人们必须走好几千米的路取水。

China is a country short of water, especially water scarcities more serious.

我国是一个缺水的国家，特别是北方地区水资源缺乏现象更为严重。

According to the reports, they are getting very short of water, very short of food, and no real shelter.

据报道，水，食物严重短缺，而且没有真正的庇护所。

The field near the reservoir can hardly go short of water.

水库附近的土地不大会缺水。

Not only do they need clothing, but they are also short of water.

他们不但需要衣服，而且还缺水。

We (should) be short of water in a country where it is always raining.

（我们在一个总是下雨的国家还缺水）。

The Middle East, North Africa and South Asia are chronically short of water.

中东 、 北非和南亚长期缺水.

People in the desert are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in.

沙漠地区的人们连喝的水也总是不够, 更别提洗澡了.

In western Gansu we have been building cisterns in villages that are short of water.

在甘肃西部,我们还为缺水的乡村建了贮水池.