1) rice shortage
米荒
1.
The rocketing rice prices and rice shortage in Shanghai happened one after another in 1920s-1930s, throating the safety of the city.
20世纪二三十年代,上海米价飞涨、米荒迭起,对城市的安全造成了极大的威胁。
2) rice famine
米荒风潮
1.
The 1919 rice famine in Hong Kong resulted from frequent famines in Southeast Asia and the world grain market on the one hand,and from the social problems of Hong Kong on the other hand.
探究此次米荒风潮形成的原因,对我们当前制定和完善粮食政策有借鉴意义。
3) Large tracts of wasteland have become a granary.
荒滩变成米粮川。
4) barren on the hill
荒山荒坡
5) barren mountains and virgin lands
荒山荒地
1.
The barren mountains and virgin lands are important land resources in agriculture,Hubei Province.
荒山荒地是我省农业的重要后备资源，本文将主要探讨这部分资源的开发利用及其原则和方向，为发展农业寻求新的途径与措施。
6) coal and electricity shortage
电荒煤荒
补充资料：长沙抢米风潮
1910年春湖南滨湖各县水灾歉收，米价上涨，饥民涌入长沙，各家米店纷纷被抢。湖南巡抚下令镇压，民众被枪杀二十余人。数万民众愤怒捣毁巡抚衙门、银行、教堂等。外国军舰配合镇压，民众伤亡惨重。清政府后以罢免巡抚，出售平价米，平息了风潮。
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