The plant world’s leading biodiversity hotspots are, quite literally, dirt poor.

实际上是相当贫瘠的。

The bleak and barren landscape wasn't so inhospitable after all.

看来荒芜贫瘠的月球，毕竟没有那么不适合人类居住。

The green forest is replaced by a barren, grey landscape.

绿色的森林被贫瘠的灰色景观所取代。

The barren shores of Greenland hold no bounty for the polar bear.

贫瘠的格陵兰海岸没有北极熊可以吃的。

In a landscape with so few edible fruits or plants, the Inuit don't have alternatives.

在这片果蔬贫瘠的上，因纽特人别无选择。

This barren emotional landscape has served me well for years.

多年来，这种贫瘠的情感世界一直挺适合。

Yet life does exist in this seemingly barren land.

然而就在这看似贫瘠的上也仍有生命。

Moreover, the barren Canadian Shield isn't just entirely contained within the borders of Canada either.

此外，贫瘠的加拿大盾也并非完全位于加拿大境内。

In the lake's seemingly sterile depths, the divers were spooked and fled.

在貌似贫瘠的湖泊深处，潜水员受到惊吓并慌忙逃离。

The corn variety hails from Oaxaca, Mexico, where it typically grows in nitrogen-poor soils.

这种玉米源自墨西哥瓦哈卡州，通常在该州贫瘠的壤中生长。

And plant diseases, aging trees and worn-out soil are cutting their harvests.

害、老化的树木和变贫瘠的壤也正削减收成。

Plant diseases, aging trees and worn out soil are cutting their harvests.

害、老化的树木和变贫瘠的壤正在削减它们的收成。

It's harsh. It's barren. There's not much to eat.

生存条件太苛刻了。它是贫瘠的。没什么可吃的。

And the dwarf planet was condemned to live out its life as a cold, barren rock.

这颗矮行星注定要像一块冰冷贫瘠的岩石一样度过一生。

Buildings, pollution, poor soil, insects, and even car crashes can add to tree loss.

建筑、污染、贫瘠的壤、昆虫，甚至车祸都会增加树木的损失。

The Kazakhs have arrived from the Tianshan Mountains to graze their animals on the meager pickings in the Zhunge'er.

哈萨克人从天山启程带著家畜到达准格尔盆贫瘠的上放牧。

Beaches that have been mined to become barren pits, reefs and fish populations are killed.

被开采的海滩变成了贫瘠的坑，珊瑚礁和鱼类种群都被杀死了。

The nutrients from the insects allow the plants on the meager soils to flourish and thrive.

有了来自昆虫的营养，它们在贫瘠的岩壁上也能茁壮生长。

Cold weather and poor soil could not support such a farm economy as was found in the South.

寒冷的天气和贫瘠的壤无法支撑像南方那样的农业经济。

But historically, raw seeds are dropped in precision and can land in poor terrain.

但从历史上看，未经加工的种子的精度会下降，并且可能会落在贫瘠的上。